Transactions Of The Canadian Society Of Civil Engineers

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Thursday, 17th January, 1889. ANNUAL GENEEAL MEETING. SAMUEL KEEPER, President, in the Chair. MORNING SESSION. The notice convening the meeting having been read, it was moved by Mr. H. F. Perlcy, seconded by Mr. E. Foray th and resolved, That Messrs. A. Brittain, G. A. Mountain and F. Chadwickbe requested to act as scrutineers for the election of the President, Vice- Presidents, Treasurer, Librarian, Secretary, and other Members of Council for the year 1889. It was moved by Mr. W. J. Sproule, seconded by Prof. McLeod, That the scrutineers be instructed to make a return of all the names receiving votes, together with the number of votes cast in each case, and that such return be published in the minutes of the annual meeting. It was moved in amendment by Mr. P. A. Peterson, seconded by Mr. H. A. F. MacLeod, That the returns shew only the names of the officers elected. The amendment, on being put to the meeting, was carried. It was moved by Mr. St. G. Boswell, seconded by Mr. G. H. Garden and resolved, That Messrs. W. McL. Walbauk, T. W. Lesage and P. L. Naismith be requested to act as scrutineers of the ballot for the proposed Amendments to the By-Laws. The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read, it was moved by Mr. W. J. Sproule, seconded by Prof. McLeod, That the minutes be amended in accordance with the resolution requiring the scrutineers to make a return of all the names receiving votes, together with the number of votes cast in each case. It was moved in amendment by Mr. J. Kennedy, seconded by Mr. H. Wallis, That the minutes as read be adopted. The amendment was carried. The Secretary next read the Annual Report of the Council, which was as follows: ? ANNUAL REPORT- ROLL OF THE SOCIETY. ...

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Excerpt from Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 2: Part 1; January to June, 1888 The Board was empowered to charge annual fees for membership - to divide Engineering into branches, and to grant a diploma entitling candidates to practice in those branches only upon which they had gone up for examination. Also to classify Engineers into grades A, B, C; D. An A1 man, who could take the whole twenty-eight engineer ing subjects described in the Index, was to rank as Chief Engineer. B was to pass in more than one branch to be Chief Engineer only in the branches for which he had passed and been commissioned. C was a one branch man, and his diploma made him a simple Engineer in that Only. D held a second class diploma and was ranked as Assistant Engineer. 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 Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, 1906, Vol. 20 In writing papers, or discussions on papers, the use of the first person should be avoided. They should be legibly written on foolscap paper, on one side only, with a margin on the left side. Illustrations, when necessary, should be drawn on the dull side of tracing linen to as small a scale as is consistent with distinct ness. They should not be more than ten inches in height and in no case should any one figure exceed this height. Black ink only should be used, and all lines, lettering, etc must be clear and dis tinct. When necessary to illustrate a paper for reading, diagrams must be furnished. These must be bold. Distinct and clearly visible in detail for a distance of thirty feet. Papers which have been read before other Societies, or have been published, cannot be read at meetings of this Society. All communications must be forwarded to the Secretary of the Society from whom any further information may be obtained. 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 Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 14: January to June, 1900 The Society will not hold itself responsible for any state ments or opinions which may be advanced in the following pages. 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 Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 5: Part I., January to June, 1891 Annual Report Excursion The International Colliery, Bridgeport, Cape Breton, by C. B. Kingston. Election of Members 31, 121, An Enlarged water-way between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Seaboard, by E. L. Corthell.. 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.