diff options
Diffstat (limited to '43055-0.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | 43055-0.txt | 686 |
1 files changed, 686 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/43055-0.txt b/43055-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eedfe48 --- /dev/null +++ b/43055-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,686 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43055 *** + +[Transcriber's Note: Bolded sections are rendered with equal signs +e.g. =bold=. + +The oe ligature is rendered as[oe] e.g. Ph[oe]nixville. + +The following table is a cross index relating ASCE +papers to Project Gutenberg(TM) file directories e.g. +http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18229/ for paper 1150. + + +-----+------------------------------------------------------+------+ + |Paper|PAPER NAME & Author | PG | + | No | | file | + | | | No | + |-----+------------------------------------------------------+------| + |1150 |THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA |18229 | + | |RAILROAD. By Charles W. Raymond | | + |1151 |THE NORTH RIVER DIVISION. By Charles M. Jacobs |18548 | + |1152 |THE EAST RIVER DIVISION. By Alfred Noble |18065 | + |1153 |MEADOWS DIVISION AND HARRISON TRANSFER YARD. By E. B. |18012 | + | |Temple | | + |1154 |THE BERGEN HILL TUNNELS. By F. Lavis |21083 | + |1155 |THE NORTH RIVER TUNNELS. By B. H. M. Hewett and W. L. |42149 | + | |Brown | | + |1156 |THE TERMINAL STATION WEST. By B. F. Cresson, Jr. |17302 | + |1157 |THE SITE OF THE TERMINAL STATION. By George C. Clarke |18408 | + |1158 |THE CROSS TOWN TUNNELS. By James H. Brace and Francis |19037 | + | |Mason | | + |1159 |THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS. By James H. Brace, Francis |18722 | + | |Mason, and S. H. Woodard | | + +-----+------------------------------------------------------+------+ + +] + + + + +TRANSACTIONS + +OF THE + +AMERICAN SOCIETY + +OF + +CIVIL ENGINEERS + +(INSTITUTED 1852) + +VOL. LXVIII + +SEPTEMBER, 1910 + +Edited by the Secretary, under the direction of the Committee on +Publications. Reprints from this publication, which is copyrighted, may +be made on condition that the full title of Paper, name of Author, and +page reference are given. + +NEW YORK + +PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY + +1910 + + * * * * * + +Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1910, by the AMERICAN +SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, +at Washington. + + * * * * * + +NOTE.--This Society is not responsible, as a body, for the facts and +opinions advanced in any of its publications. + + + + +CONTENTS + + + THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE + PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD + + NO. PAGE + + 1150 THE NEW YORK TUNNEL EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA 1 + RAILROAD. By Charles W. Raymond + + 1151 THE NORTH RIVER DIVISION. By Charles M. Jacobs 32 + + 1152 THE EAST RIVER DIVISION. By Alfred Noble 62 + + 1153 MEADOWS DIVISION AND HARRISON TRANSFER YARD. By E. B. 75 + Temple + + 1154 THE BERGEN HILL TUNNELS. By F. Lavis 84 + + 1155 THE NORTH RIVER TUNNELS. By B. H. M. Hewett and W. L. 152 + Brown + + 1156 THE TERMINAL STATION-WEST. By B. F. Cresson, Jr. 303 + + 1157 THE SITE OF THE TERMINAL STATION. By George C. Clarke 340 + + 1158 THE CROSS-TOWN TUNNELS. By James H. Brace and Francis 391 + Mason + + 1159 THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS. By James H. Brace, Francis Mason, 419 + and S. H. Woodard + + + MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS + PAGE + + JOHN FISKE BARNARD, M. AM. SOC. C. E. 479 + + ROBERT L. ENGLE, M. AM. SOC. C. E. 480 + + CHARLES HERBERT DEANS, ASSOC. M. AM. SOC. C. E. 482 + + WILLIAM MEIER, ASSOC. M. AM. SOC. C. E. 485 + + +=This Volume and the succeeding Volume of Transactions (Vol. LXIX) will +contain all the Papers descriptive of the New York Extension of the +Pennsylvania Railroad. A general index covering both Volumes will be +issued in Vol. LXIX.= + + PLATES + + PLATE PAPER PAGE + + I. Map and Profile, Pennsylvania Tunnel & 1150 19 + Terminal R. R., North Bergen Tunnel to Long + Island City + + II. Map and Profile, Harrison Yard to Bergen Hill 1150 21 + Tunnel + + III. Plan of Sunnyside Yard 1150 23 + + IV. View of Tunnel Under Part of Atlantic Avenue, 1151 37 + Brooklyn, N.Y. + + V. New York Underground Railway Company: Section 1151 39 + Through Surface and Underground Stations + + VI. Pennsylvania Railroad Extension: Map Showing 1151 45 + Proposed Lines Leading to Those Finally + Adopted + + VII. Plan, Profile, and Triangulation, North River 1151 47 + Tunnels + + VIII. Typical Sections Between Manholes, Bergen 1151 51 + Hill Tunnels + + IX. Map of Manhattan Island from Twenty-third to 1152 63 + Fortieth Streets + + X. Manhattan Shaft, Lines A and B 1152 65 + + XI. Long Island Shaft, Lines A and B 1152 67 + + XII. Typical Tunnel Sections 1152 69 + + XIII. Plan and Profile, East River Tunnels 1152 71 + + XIV. Map and Profile, Cross-Town Tunnels 1152 73 + + XV. Plan and Profile of Lines A and B, and 1152 75 + Sunnyside Yard + + XVI. Plan and Profile of the Pennsylvania Tunnel & 1153 77 + Terminal R. R., from Harrison, N. J., to the + Hudson River + + XVII. Plan of Harrison Yard 1153 79 + + XVIII. Details of Shelters and Platforms, Harrison 1153 81 + Transfer Station + + XIX. Details of Shelters and Platforms, Harrison 1153 81 + Transfer Station + + XX. Lift Rail and Locking Device for Hackensack 1153 83 + River Draw-Bridge + + XXI. Hackensack Portal, Bergen Hill Tunnels; 1154 85 + Method of Using Cross-Section Rod; and Belt + Conveyor for Handling and Placing Concrete + + XXII. Scaffold Car; Headhouse; and Round Holes in 1154 87 + Concrete Forms + + XXIII. Record of Drilling, Air Pressure, Mucking, 1154 95 + etc., in Bergen Hill Tunnels + + XXIV. Belt Conveyor for Handling and Placing 1154 119 + Concrete; Water-Proofing, Portion of + Completed Sand-Wall, etc.; and Methods of + Placing Concrete in Forms and Bench-Walls + + XXV. Telephone and Telegraph Ducts and Mandrels; 1154 129 + Tunnel Lining Forms; Placing Water-Proofing; + and Section of Completed Lining + + XXVI. Form of Circuit-Breaker Chamber and Traveling 1154 137 + Gantry; Forms for Storage Chamber; Rock + Packing Over Arches; Method of Water-Proofing + in Timbered Tunnels, etc. + + XXVII. Method of Placing Water-Proofing and Keying 1154 145 + Arch; View of Completed Tunnel; General View + of Completed Hackensack Tunnel and Arches + Through Cut-and-Cover Section; and View of + Hackensack Approach + + XXVIII. Plan and Profile of Parts of North River 1155 153 + Tunnels + + XXIX. Weehawken Shaft; and Tunnel Shield Showing 1155 159 + Hood + + XXX. Yard and Offices at Manhattan and Weehawken 1155 161 + Shafts + + XXXI. Tunneling Shield 1155 167 + + XXXII. Thirty-Second Street Tunnels and Shield 1155 175 + Chambers + + XXXIII. General Methods of Excavation Adopted for 1155 177 + Land Tunnels + + XXXIV. Plan and Longitudinal Section of Weehawken 1155 193 + Tunnels + + XXXV. Apparatus for Cleaning and Rodding Electric 1155 205 + Cable Ducts + + XXXVI. Diagram Showing Lines and Grades in River 1155 229 + Tunnel North + + XXXVII. Cross-Section of Subaqueous Tunnels Showing 1155 231 + Reinforcement + + XXXVIII. Back of Shield in South Tunnel; and Rear View 1155 237 + of Shield During Erection of First Ring of + Iron Lining + + PLATE PAPER PAGE + + XXXIX. View of Meeting of Shields; and Lowering 1155 253 + Segment into Tunnel Invert + + XL. Sections of Tunnel During Construction, 1155 255 + Showing Shield, Air Locks, Platforms, Etc. + + XLI. Placing Key Segment; and Method of Grouting 1155 257 + Outside Iron + + XLII. Duct Bench Concrete Form in River Tunnels 1155 283 + + XLIII. End of Portable and Adjustable Forms 1155 285 + for Building Side Bench; and Steel Rod + Reinforcement in River Tunnels + + XLIV. Details of 20-Ft. Movable Form and Traveler 1155 287 + for Concrete Arches + + XLV. Traveling Concrete Form for Face of Bench 1155 291 + Walls + + XLVI. Mechanical Analysis of Sand Used in Mortar 1155 297 + and Concrete + + XLVII. Views Showing Condition of Work at Site of 1156 307 + Terminal Station + + XLVIII. Views Showing Excavation and Supports for 1156 317 + Ninth Avenue Structures + + XLIX. Views Showing Underpinning for Ninth Avenue 1156 321 + Elevated Railway + + L. Views Showing Condition of Work Between Ninth 1156 325 + and Tenth Avenues, and Progress on Concrete + Walls + + LI. Views Showing Box Drains and Tie-Rods in 1156 333 + Walls; the Completed Tenth Avenue Portal; and + the Disposal Trestle + + LII. Girders Under the Ninth Avenue Elevated 1156 335 + Railroad; Method of Supporting Elevated + Railway Columns; and View of Inside of Form + for Walls, Showing Drains, Tie-Rods, Etc. + + LIII. Pennsylvania Station, New York City; Plan 1157 341 + Showing Area at Track Level + + LIV. Diagram Showing Widths of Base of Retaining 1157 349 + Wall Required for Different Batters and + Pressures, Pennsylvania Station + + LV. Material Trestle Over N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. 1157 361 + Co.'s Tracks; and Construction of Pier No. + 72, North River + + LVI. Material Trestle Showing First Chutes in 1157 363 + Operation; and Views of East and West Pits at + Terminal Site + + LVII. Methods of Excavation, Cross-Town Tunnels, 1158 393 + Manhattan + + LVIII. Views of Parts of First Avenue Plant, 1158 395 + Cross-Town Tunnels + + LIX. Methods of Tunneling, Timbering, and Lining, 1158 399 + Cross-Town Tunnels + + LX. Methods of Timbering and Underpinning, 1158 407 + Cross-Town Tunnels + + LXI. Sections Showing Method of Excavating and 1158 413 + Timbering in Heavy Ground, Three-Track + Tunnel; and Carriage Form for Side Walls, + Cross-Town Twin Tunnels + + LXII. Methods of Water-Proofing and Concreting, 1158 417 + Cross-Town Tunnels + + LXIII. Methods of Excavation in All Rock, East River 1159 423 + Tunnels + + LXIV. Tunneling in Compressed Air, Air-Lock, 1159 425 + Caisson, etc., East River Tunnels + + LXV. Shields Fitted with Sectional Sliding Hoods 1159 433 + and Sliding Extensions and with Fixed Hoods + and Fixed Extensions to Floors, East River + Tunnels + + LXVI. Rear of Shield Showing Complete Fittings, 1159 435 + and Shield with Lower Portion of Bulkhead + Removed, East River Tunnels + + LXVII. Methods of Tunneling in Rock, East River 1159 437 + Tunnels + + LXVIII. Operation of Shields, East River Tunnels 1159 439 + + LXIX. Operations in Shoving the Shield Forward in 1159 441 + Rock and Sand, East River Tunnels + + LXX. Small Shaft, Breasting and Poling, Shutters 1159 443 + on Front of Shield, and Hydraulic Erector, + East River Tunnels + + LXXI. Operations in Shoving the Shield Forward in 1159 445 + Sand, and Final Breasting and Bulkheading, + East River Tunnels + + LXXII. Method of Operating Shields in Soft Ground, 1159 453 + East River Tunnels + + LXXIII. Reinforcement of Broken Plates, and Inflow of 1159 455 + Soft Clay Through Shield, East River Tunnels + + LXXIV. Methods of Placing Concrete Inside the Iron 1159 475 + Tube, East River Tunnels + + + + +MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS. + + +=JOHN FISKE BARNARD, M. Am. Soc. C. E.=[1] + +[1] Memoir prepared by W. K. Barnard, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E. + +DIED FEBRUARY 6TH, 1910. + +John Fiske Barnard was born in Worcester, Mass., on April 23d. 1829. He +was graduated from the Bridgewater Normal School, and from Rensselaer +Polytechnic Institute. + +In November, 1850, Mr. Barnard entered the railway service. He +held various engineering and operating positions with the Grand Trunk +Railway and its subsidiary lines in Lower Canada, and served as Chief +Engineer of the Grand Trunk South of the St. Lawrence River for the +last three years of his connection with that road. + +In May, 1869, he went to the Missouri Valley Railroad as Superintendent +and Chief Engineer. During the same year he was appointed Chief +Engineer of the Kansas City-St. Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad, +and remained with this road and the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad +(both now a part of the Burlington Missouri Lines), as Chief Engineer, +General Superintendent, and General Manager, until 1886. During this +time Mr. Barnard was also President of the Atchison Union Depot Company +and the St. Joseph Union Stock Yards Company, Secretary and Treasurer +of the St. Joseph Depot Company, and Director in various railroad +companies. + +In 1886, Mr. Barnard was appointed President and General Manager of +the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, which position he occupied until +1892. From that time until 1893, he was engaged on several reports +of projected railroads and appraisals of industrial and railroad +properties. + +From 1893 to 1898, Mr. Barnard was Receiver of the Omaha and St. Louis +(now Wabash) Railway, during part of which time he was also President +of the Alton Bridge Company, and Receiver of the St. Clair-Madison and +St. Louis Belt Line. + +In the spring of 1905 he moved to Los Angeles, Cal., where he lived +until February 6th, 1910, when, after an illness of several months, he +died at his home at the age of 81 years. + +Mr. Barnard was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil +Engineers on September 1st, 1880. He was also a Member of the American +Geographical Society. + + +=ROBERT L. ENGLE, M. Am. Soc. C. E.=[2] + +[2] Memoir prepared by O. E. Selby, Jun. Am. Soc. C. E. + +DIED OCTOBER 16TH, 1909. + +Robert L. Engle was born on December 5th, 1846. He was a product of +the time when opportunities for technical training were few, so that +his engineering education was gained largely by contact with actual +work. He began his professional career after the Civil War, in which +he served for two years in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth Indiana +Volunteer Infantry. + +The first construction work of any note on which Mr. Engle was engaged +was the building of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad, now a part of +the Baltimore and Ohio System, extending from Cincinnati to St. Louis. +Later, and up to 1878, he was connected with the construction of the +Cincinnati Southern Railway, Cincinnati's municipally owned railway, +as Division Engineer, at Ray Springs, Tenn. This work included several +tunnels and other heavy work in the mountain territory. + +After the completion of the Cincinnati Southern, Mr. Engle went West, +and was engaged in the construction of the Santa Fé Railroad at +Trinidad, Colo., in the capacity of Assistant Chief Engineer. Under +his direction the Royal Gorge Hanging Bridge was built, and much other +interesting work was carried out. Mr. Engle's forte was location, and +in the mountainous regions of the West he found ample exercise for this +faculty. From Trinidad he moved to Santa Fé, N. Mex. His name is borne +by Engle, N. Mex., now a thriving Western town. + +While still in the West, Mr. Engle was connected with the Mexican +Central Railroad, at Chihuahua, Mexico, on construction work, and with +the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. It is thus seen that he played +a part in much of the important pioneer railroad development of the +mountain region of the West. + +In 1885, Mr. Engle began work on the location and construction of the +Chicago, Burlington, and Northern Railroad, now part of the Burlington +System, being located at St. Paul, Minn., as Assistant Chief Engineer +of that portion of the line north of La Crosse, Wis. Later, his +jurisdiction included the whole line. During 1887 and a part of 1888, +he had charge of the construction of the Illinois Valley and Northern +Railroad, as Chief Engineer, at La Salle, Ill. In the latter part of +1888 he conducted surveys for coal branch lines connecting with the +Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, in the mountains of West Virginia. + +Beginning in September, 1889, Mr. Engle was Resident Engineer on the +construction of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Bridge over the Ohio +River. During his term of service the substructure, involving several +deep pneumatic foundations, was built, and parts of the approaches +were erected. During his stay at Louisville Mr. Engle was selected as +Arbitrator in a matter of disputed classification between the company +and the contractor for the Pike's Peak Rack Railroad, and effected a +satisfactory settlement. Among other things his later service included +location work on the Tennessee Central Railroad, in 1892; location +and construction work for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, in +Arkansas; and construction work on the Tidewater Railroad, now the +Virginian Railway, at Princeton, W. Va. At the time of his death he was +employed as Engineer for the contracting firm of Carpenter and Boxley, +at Johnson City, Tenn. + +With the death of Robert L. Engle, the Profession loses one of those +sturdy, self-made engineers, to whom the country is largely indebted +for pushing railroad construction overland and through the West. In +character, rugged like the mountains with which he was associated, +he was still the gentlest of souls to those associated with him in +subordinate capacities. The writer knew him as Chief and friend for +many years, and cannot recall any departures from the lines of the +highest dignity, rectitude, good habits, and good nature. + +Mr. Engle was a Member of the Engineers' Club of Cincinnati from the +time of its organization. He maintained his home in Cincinnati for +twenty-one years, while his engagements kept him at various other +places. + +On February 20th, 1879, Mr. Engle married Miss Sallie McQueety, of +Cincinnati, and is survived by her and their son and two daughters. +His family and social relations were most happy, although his enforced +absences from home kept him from much of the social contact which his +qualities deserved. + +Mr. Engle was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil +Engineers on September 7th, 1881. + + +=CHARLES HERBERT DEANS, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E.=[3] + +[3]Memoir prepared by Emil Diebitsch and Edwin S. Jarrett, Members, Am. +Soc. C. E. + +DIED MARCH 7TH, 1909. + +Charles Herbert Deans was born in Chester, Delaware County, Pa., on +November 30th, 1863, and died at his home in Ph[oe]nixville, Pa., on +March 7th, 1909. + +His father, Charles Woodbury Deans, was prominent in educational work, +and was active in the early organization and in the popularization of +the Common School System of the State of Pennsylvania. + +On his father's side Mr. Deans was descended from the Deans and +Sterling families, who, immediately following the War of the +Revolution, emigrated from Connecticut to Susquehanna and Wyoming +Counties, Pennsylvania. His mother was Priscilla Lyons Williams, of +Chester, Delaware County, Pa., who was descended from the Lyons family +of New Jersey and the Williams and Pennell families of Pennsylvania. + +From both his father and his mother Mr. Deans inherited a taste and +aptitude for study. His youthful environment was among books and in an +atmosphere which naturally encouraged the desire he early formed to fit +himself for a professional life. + +His education was begun in private schools, but later he attended +the public schools, and was graduated from the High School at +Ph[oe]nixville, Pa., in 1881. He spent the next four years in practical +work, learning business methods, becoming an excellent and accurate +accountant, and familiarizing himself, in the works of the Ph[oe]nix +Iron Company, with mill and shop methods and practice, and the +metallurgy of iron and steel. + +In 1885, Mr. Deans entered Lehigh University, well prepared in his +studies, with a mind ripe for the absorption of further knowledge, and +a temperament for enjoying to the utmost the four years of University +life before him. He was a good student, standing well up in the first +quarter of his class. He was elected a member of Theta Delta Chi +Fraternity, was one of the Editors and Assistant Business Manager of +the college Annual in his Junior year, and Business Manager of the +Engineering Journal in his Senior year. He was graduated in 1889 with +the degree of C. E. + +As a boy Mr. Deans was fond of games and all healthy outdoor sports. +He was a lover of Nature and of animals, fond of fishing and hunting, +and was never happier than when roaming the beautiful woods and +mountains of his native State. With such tastes it was natural to +find him, in his college days, a participator in, and an enthusiastic +supporter of, athletic games. + +Not only in athletics, but in all things pertaining to Lehigh +University, Mr. Deans was a most loyal and enthusiastic son of his +Alma Mater, both at college and after he had gone out into the world. +He thoroughly appreciated the benefits derived from his technical +training, and was so eager that others should share them, that early in +his business career he advanced sufficient funds to two ambitious young +men to carry them through Lehigh. + +Immediately after graduation Mr. Deans entered the employ of Sooysmith +and Company, the well-known foundation engineers and contractors. He +rapidly advanced to positions of responsibility with this company, and, +in 1895, became its Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer. When, a +year or two later, Charles Sooysmith, M. Am. Soc. C. E., retired from +active business, Mr. Deans organized, from the Sooysmith and Company +staff, the Engineering Contract Company, of which he became President. +Pressure of business seriously undermining his health, he was forced to +give up temporarily all work in 1900, and to spend the next two years +in the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania. On regaining his health, he +associated himself with the firm of John Monks and Son, of New York +City, and, at the time of his death, he was Second Vice-President of +that company. + +While under his executive charge, both Sooysmith and Company and +the Engineering Contract Company, constructed a number of the most +important bridge foundations in the United States, and the former firm +first successfully introduced pneumatic work in the foundations of the +modern high office buildings of New York City, notably the Manhattan +Life, Washington Life, Standard Oil, and Empire Buildings on Lower +Broadway. At the time of his death, Mr. Deans was in full charge of the +building of the piers of the reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio bridge +over the Susquehanna River, at Havre de Grace, Md. + +In the early years of his connection with Sooysmith and Company, +Mr. Deans was employed on work in the field, rising from subordinate +positions to that of Superintendent in responsible charge of work. +During this period he acquired an intimate and practical knowledge of +foundation construction, and his subsequent career gave evidence of +the value of this training. Being thus well-equipped, Mr. Deans soon +became notable as a business engineer. His judgment on all substructure +engineering problems was quick and keen, his thorough technical +knowledge being supplemented by his penetrating practical sense. His +business ability was of a high order, and his efficiency was largely +increased by his industry and methodical habits. As a negotiator, he +was in the first rank. His quick appreciation of the essentials in +business transactions, his fertile resource in the most complicated +financial dealings, his patience and persistence in the face of +discouragement or delay, and his inflexible determination when once his +decisions were reached, were qualities which placed him in the highest +rank as a contracting engineer. To those with whom he came in close +contact, Mr. Deans will always be remembered as exemplifying the ideal +combination of technical training with business efficiency. + +He lightened the seriousness of his business transactions with a +quick sense of fun, a fondness for a good story, and an infectious +good humor. His genuine interest in the work of his associates and +his unfeigned delight in their success won him many friendships which +lasted throughout his life and which now keep his memory warm in the +hearts of those who were fortunate enough to know him intimately. +Strong of will, keen and clear-sighted in business transactions, loyal +to his friends and to the interests entrusted to him, he was, above +all, a genial, honorable, many-sided man, who loved his fellow men. + +Mr. Deans leaves a mother, Mrs. Charles W. Deans, of Ph[oe]nixville, +Pa., a brother, John Sterling Deans, M. Am. Soc. C. E., Chief Engineer +of the Ph[oe]nix Bridge Company, and two sisters, Mrs. R. Barclay +Calley, of Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Elmer E. Keiser, of Tacony, Pa. + +In 1893, Mr. Deans married Miss Helen Arnold of West Chester, Pa., who, +with two sons, Charles Woodbury, aged 15, and Malcolm Arnold, aged 13, +survives him. + +Mr. Deans was elected a Junior of the American Society of Civil +Engineers, on December 3d, 1890, and an Associate Member on May 6th, +1896. + + +=WILLIAM MEIER, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C. E.=[4] + +[4] Memoir prepared by William A. Theodorsen and E. James Fucik, +Associate Members, Am. Soc. C. E. + +DIED FEBRUARY 14TH, 1910. + +William Meier, the son of the Reverend Jacob L. and Mary Meier, was +born in Muscatine, Iowa, on April 10th, 1878, the family moving to +Chicago, Ill., in the same year. + +Mr. Meier received his education in the public schools of Chicago and +at the University of Illinois, from which he was graduated in 1901, +with the degree of B. S. in Civil Engineering. + +After his graduation, Mr. Meier was engaged with various firms, +principally in bridge and structural work. For a time he was with +William M. Hughes, M. Am. Soc. C. E., and in January, 1905, he entered +the service of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company, as Assistant +in the Chicago office; and later was appointed Assistant Engineer and +Eastern Representative, with headquarters in New York City. At the time +of his death, Mr. Meier was employed in the Bridge Department of the +Chicago and North Western Railway. + +On February 14th, 1910, in diving from a spring-board, in the +natatorium of the Young Men's Christian Association, he struck his head +against the side or bottom of the tank. When his body was taken from +the water, life was extinct, and all efforts at resuscitation were +futile. + +Mr. Meier took great interest in all that pertained to his profession. + +He was elected an Associate Member of the American Society of Civil +Engineers, on June 1st, 1909. He was also a Member of the Western +Society of Engineers. + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Transactions of the American Society +of Civil Engineers, vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910, Start/End Papers, by Various + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43055 *** |