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PAGE + + + 1167 =EXPANSION OF PIPES.= + + By =Ralph C. Taggart= 1 + + Discussion: + + By WILLIAM D. ENNIS 31 + WILLIAM KENT 31 + RALPH C. TAGGART 32 + + + 1168 =TESTS OF CREOSOTED TIMBER.= + + By =W.B. Gregory= 37 + + + 1169 =SOME MOOTED QUESTIONS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE DESIGN.= + + By =Edward Godfrey= 54 + + Discussion: + + By JOSEPH WRIGHT 72 + S. BENT RUSSELL 73 + J.R. WORCESTER 74 + L.J. MENSCH 76 + WALTER W. CLIFFORD 80 + J.C. MEEM 82 + GEORGE H. MYERS 84 + EDWIN THACHER 85 + C.A.P. TURNER 87 + PAUL CHAPMAN 90 + E.P. GOODRICH 95 + ALBIN H. BEYER 102 + JOHN C. OSTRUP 105 + HARRY F. PORTER 111 + JOHN STEPHEN SEWELL 124 + SANFORD E. THOMPSON 128 + EDWARD GODFREY 133 + + + 1170 =THE WATER SUPPLY OF THE EL PASO AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY + FROM CARRIZOZO TO SANTA ROSA, N. MEX.= + + By =J.L. Campbell= 164 + + Discussion: + + By G.E.P. SMITH 186 + KENNETH ALLEN 186 + J.L. CAMPBELL 188 + + + 1171 =FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS OF MINE ACCIDENTS, STRUCTURAL + MATERIALS, AND FUELS.= + + By =Herbert M. Wilson= 190 + + Discussion: + + By KENNETH ALLEN 300 + HENRY KREISINGER 300 + WALTER O. SNELLING 307 + A. BARTOCCINI 312 + H.G. STOTT 313 + B.W. DUNN 314 + HERBERT M. WILSON 318 + + + 1172 =LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE ON GRADES OF VARIOUS LENGTHS.= + + By =Beverly S. Randolph= 321 + + Discussion: + By C.D. PURDON 329 + JOHN C. TRAUTWINE, JR. 330 + BEVERLY S. RANDOLPH 333 + + + 1173 =A CONCRETE WATER TOWER.= + + By =A. Kempkey, Jr.= 334 + + Discussion: + + By MAURICE C. COUCHOT 348 + L.J. MENSCH 348 + A.H. MARKWART 349 + A. KEMPKEY, JR. 350 + + + 1174 =PRESSURE, RESISTANCE, AND STABILITY OF EARTH.= + + By =J.C. Meem= 352 + + Discussion: + + By T. KENNARD THOMSON 389 + CHARLES E. GREGORY 391 + FRANCIS W. PERRY 392 + E.P. GOODRICH 393 + FRANCIS L. PRUYN 398 + FRANK H. CARTER 399 + J.C. MEEM 401 + + + 1175 =THE ULTIMATE LOAD ON PILE FOUNDATIONS: A STATIC THEORY.= + + By =John H. Griffith= 412 + + Discussion: + + By LUTHER WAGONER 442 + JOHN H. GRIFFITH 443 + + + 1176 =REINFORCED CONCRETE PIER CONSTRUCTION.= + + By =Eugene Klapp= 448 + + Discussion: + + By WILLIAM ARTHUR PAYNE 455 + EUGENE KLAPP 455 + + + 1177 =FINAL REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON RAIL SECTIONS.= 456 + + + 1178 =ADDRESS AT THE 42d ANNUAL CONVENTION, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, + JUNE 21st, 1910.= + + By =John A. Bensel= 464 + + * * * * * + + +MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS + + * * * * * + + PAGE + + LINUS WEED BROWN, M. AM. SOC. C.E. 470 + CHARLES ALFRED HASBROUCK, M. AM. SOC. C.E. 473 + JOHN HENDERSON SAMPLE, M. AM. SOC. C.E. 474 + ALBERT MATHER SMITH, M. AM. SOC. C.E. 476 + JACOBUS VAN DER HOEK, M. AM. SOC. C.E. 477 + LUTHER ELMAN JOHNSON, JUN. AM. SOC. C.E. 480 + + +PLATES + + * * * * * + + PLATE PAPER PAGE + + I. Specimen in Testing Machine, Showing Method of + Support; and End Views of Tested Timbers 1168 45 + + II. Side Views of Tested Timbers 1168 47 + + III. Junction of Beam and Wall Column, with + Reinforcement in Place. 1169 115 + + IV. Slab and Beam Reinforcement 1169 121 + + V. El Paso & Southwestern System: Condensed Profile + of Bonito Pipe Line from Bonito Creek to Pastura, + N. Mex. 1170 167 + + VI. Explosion from Coal Dust in Gas and Dust Gallery + No. 1; Mine Gallery No. 1; and Ballistic + Pendulum 1171 197 + + VII. Bichel Pressure Gauges; and Rate of Detonation + Recorder 1171 219 + + VIII. Explosives Calorimeter; Building No. 17, and + Flame-Test Apparatus; and Small Lead Block Test 1171 223 + + IX. Trauzl Lead Blocks; and Powder Flames 1171 225 + + X. Separator for Grading Black Powder; Safety Lamp + Testing Gallery; and Mine Gallery No. 2 1171 231 + + XI. Impact Machine; and Lamp Testing Box 1171 233 + + XII. Breathing and Rescue Apparatus; and Rescue + Training Room 1171 235 + + XIII. Testing Beam in 200,000-lb. Machine; and Fire Test + of Panel 1171 247 + + XIV. View of 10,000,000-lb. Testing Machine 1171 249 + + XV. Characteristic Failures of Reinforced Concrete + Beams; and Arrangement of Static Load Test for + Reinforced Concrete Beams 1171 251 + + XVI. Brick Machine and Universal Cutter; and + House-Heating Boilers, Building No. 21 1171 259 + + XVII. Plan of Building No. 13, Testing Station at + Pittsburg, Pa. 1171 277 + + XVIII. Long Combustion Chamber; and Gas Sampling + Combustion Chamber 1171 279 + + XIX. Gas Producer, Economizer, and Wet Scrubber; and + Dry Scrubber Apparatus, Long and Gas Holder 1171 283 + + XX. Charging Floor of Gas Producer; and European and + American Briquettes 1171 285 + + XXI. Hand Briquetting Press; and Coal Briquetting + Machine 1171 291 + + XXII. Dryer for Lignite Briquetting Press; and Lignite + Briquetting Machine 1171 295 + + XXIII. Scaffolding for Concrete Water Tower, and + Completed Tower 1173 341 + + XXIV. Sand Arch Experiments 1174 355 + + XXV. Normal Slopes and Strata of Newly Excavated Banks 1174 359 + + XXVI. Arch Timbers, Bay Ridge Tunnel Sewer; and Normal + Slope of Loose Sand, Gravel and Cemented Gravel 1174 363 + + XXVII. Experiments on Properties of Sand 1174 365 + + XXVIII. Measuring Loss of Pressure in Subaqueous + Materials; and Raising Tunnel Roof by "Bleeding" + Sand through Displaced Plates 1174 367 + + XXIX. Hollow California Stove-Pipe Pile; and Chenoweth + Pile Penetrating Hard Material 1174 385 + + XXX. Yacht Pier near Glen Cove, N.Y. 1176 449 + + + + +MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS. + + +=LINUS WEED BROWN, M. Am. Soc. C.E.[1]= + +DIED MARCH 7TH, 1910. + +In the death of Linus Weed Brown, which occurred in Monrovia, Cal., on +March 7th, 1910, this Society lost one of its valued members and the +Engineering Profession a most able exponent. + +Mr. Brown was born in Burnside, Orange County, N.Y., in August, 1856, +and received his early education in the schools of that town. He +studied his profession in the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, +N.J. + +At the age of eighteen he entered the machine shops of the Pennsylvania +Railroad, and later was employed as Draftsman by that Company, which +position he held until 1880. + +In 1880 he accepted a position with the Southern Pacific Railroad in +New Orleans, La., and designed and supervised the construction of the +Algiers shops. + +In 1883 Mr. Brown severed his connection with the Southern Pacific +Company and engaged in general engineering practice, principally in the +line of sugar-house installations. + +In 1885 he was elected Assistant City Engineer of New Orleans, which +position he held for four years. + +In 1890 he became Chief Engineer for the Caffrey Central Sugar +Refinery, designing and supervising the erection of the buildings, +which represented an expenditure of about $600,000. In the same year +Mr. Brown was appointed Chief Engineer of the Franklin and Abbeville +Railroad and built that road. At the same time he designed and built +the Des Lignes sugar-house. In fact, he designed and built many of the +large sugar mills and refineries erected in Louisiana about that time. + +From 1892 to 1896 Mr. Brown held the office of City Engineer of New +Orleans, and it was during this term that some of the most important +works of his career were accomplished. + +Under the direction of the City Council, and in consultation with B.M. +Harrod, Past-President, Am. Soc. C.E., the late H.B. Richardson, M. +Am. Soc. C.E., and Rudolph Hering, M. Am. Soc. C.E., Mr. Brown made +a topographical survey of New Orleans, a study of precipitation and +run-off, and prepared plans and specifications for a drainage system. + +At the expiration of his term of office as City Engineer, he engaged +in private practice, assuming charge, as Chief Engineer for the +contractors, of the first construction work of the drainage system. + +Prior to and during his term of office as City Engineer, Mr. Brown was +Architect of the McDonogh School Fund in New Orleans, during which time +he designed and built several new schools and remodeled a number of old +buildings. + +He was also Special Engineer for the New Orleans Levee Board on harbor +and bank protection work. To the study of this work Mr. Brown devoted +all his energies and knowledge for several years. At the same time he +was a member of the New Orleans Advisory Board of Engineers on Sewerage +and Water. + +When the oil fields of Texas were first discovered, Mr. Brown's +services were immediately engaged, and in the following years he +devoted almost his entire time to the development of the oil fields and +facilities for handling the oil. His operations were principally in the +Beaumont and Sour Lake fields. + +The holdings of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company in these regions +demanded the services of an expert engineer, and Mr. Brown was engaged +to take full charge of its interests. + +In 1904 he was compelled to give up active business and seek the +restoration of his health. To this end he spent some time in the Middle +Western States and finally decided to go out to the Pacific Coast. +The climate there proved so beneficial that he eventually settled in +Bakersfield, Cal., where he accepted an appointment as Consulting +Engineer for the Oil Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad and +Chief Engineer of the Atlantic Division of the same line. + +Shortly after he accepted this appointment the Colorado River broke +through its banks and overflowed the valley known as the Salton Sea, +across which the tracks of the Southern Pacific Road were laid. The +Company was compelled to make a detour of approximately 100 miles +around the inundated region, but, under the direction of Mr. Brown, +they succeeded in closing the break with two massive dams, confining +the river to its ordinary channel and preventing the increase of the +Salton Sea. + +While in California Mr. Brown invented an oil and sand separator, which +the Southern Pacific Company is now using throughout its oil fields. He +also invented a continuous water purifier and a special oil power-pump. +All these machines are now on the market. + +Mr. Brown was a man of sterling integrity; one who regarded his +profession in the light of an obligatory public service. To this sense +of duty he sacrificed much, primarily the necessary relaxation and rest +from arduous labor, which undoubtedly accelerated the end of his useful +and honorable career. + +In recognition of the valuable services he rendered in connection +with the levee protection work in New Orleans, Mr. Brown was made the +recipient of public honors and testimonials of appreciation. + +He is survived by a daughter and two sons; the latter are preparing +to follow the engineering profession. His wife, who was Miss Joan Von +Vesterfeldt of New York City, died in 1903. + +Mr. Brown was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil +Engineers on June 7th, 1899. He was also a Member of the Louisiana +Engineering Society. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[1] Memoir prepared by Ole K. Olsen, Esq. + + +=CHARLES ALFRED HASBROUCK, M. Am. Soc. C.E.=[2] + +DIED FEBRUARY 1ST, 1910. + + +Charles Alfred Hasbrouck was born at Forest Home, a suburb of Ithaca, +N.Y., on July 31st, 1864. After studying in the schools at Ithaca, he +entered Cornell University in 1880, from which, after completing a +course in Civil Engineering, he was graduated in 1884, the youngest +member of his class. + +In July, 1884, Mr. Hasbrouck entered upon his professional career as +Assistant Engineer of the Detroit Bridge and Iron Company, continuing +with that firm until 1888. From August to November, 1888, he was +employed with the King Bridge Company as Assistant Engineer. + +In November, 1888, he was appointed Assistant Chief Engineer of +the American Bridge Works, of Chicago, specializing in bridge and +structural engineering. + +In May, 1900, Mr. Hasbrouck was made Contracting Manager of the +American Bridge Company, of New York, in charge of railroad structures +on the Western Division, which position he held until his health +failed. Thus, after 24 years of active service in his Profession, he +was obliged to give up all work. + +On June 14th, 1893, Mr. Hasbrouck was married to Miss Mary Fobes, of +Cresco, Iowa, who died in 1907. + +After retiring from business, Mr. Hasbrouck spent part of his time +in El Paso, Tex., in search of health. In 1909, he went to Sierra +Madre, and, later, to Pasadena, Cal., where he died on February 1st, +1910. He was a patient sufferer, never uttering a word of annoyance or +fretfulness at his condition. + +At his expressed wish, he was buried from his boyhood home which he +had always kept up, and which, with its beautiful grounds, he left to +Cornell University. + +Mr. Hasbrouck was elected an Associate Member of the American Society +of Civil Engineers on February 3d, 1892, and a Member on December 5th, +1894. He was elected a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, of +Great Britain, on February 2d, 1904. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[2] Memoir prepared by Mr. Edward Capouch, Contracting Manager, +American Bridge Company, Chicago, Ill. + + +=JOHN HENDERSON SAMPLE, M. Am. Soc. C.E.=[3] + +DIED MARCH 4TH, 1910. + + +John Henderson Sample, the only son of Judge William Sample, was born +on April 3d, 1849, at Coshocton, Ohio. He entered Dennison University, +Granville, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1872. After leaving +college, he was engaged on the early surveys of the Toledo and Ohio +Central lines, working up from Axeman to Division Engineer. + +Afterward Mr. Sample served as Chief Engineer of the Cincinnati, +Lebanon, and Northern Railway, and Chief Engineer of the Cincinnati +and Georgia (now the Southern Railway), from Rome to Macon, Ga., +except from Austell to Atlanta. In 1883, he made surveys for the East +Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway (now the Southern Railway) +in Alabama. He then became Chief Engineer of the Alabama Improvement +Company, engaged in the location and construction of the Northern +Alabama Railroad, and the development of coal and ore lands and the +Town of Sheffield, Ala. + +He was appointed Chief Engineer of the Toledo and Ann Arbor, on +location and construction from Hammond Junction to Durand; Chief +Engineer of location and construction of the Missouri Pacific lines in +Kansas, Colorado, and Missouri; and from 1887 to 1889, he served as +Chief Engineer on the construction of the Louisville, Henderson, and +St. Louis Railway, from West Point to Henderson, Ky. + +Mr. Sample made examinations and reports on timber and mineral lands +in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, and in 1889, he +examined and reported on the Mexican National Railroad, from Laredo, +Tex., to the City of Mexico. + +From 1889 to 1896, he was Chief Engineer of location and construction +and General Superintendent of operation of the Pittsburg, Akron, +and Western Railroad, from Delphos to Akron, Ohio. In 1897 he was +appointed General Superintendent of the Cleveland, Akron, and Columbus +Railroad, which position he held until this road was purchased by the +Pennsylvania Company, in September, 1899. From that date to the time of +his death, Mr. Sample was in the employ of the Pennsylvania Company, +as Assistant Engineer, being engaged on line and grade revision and +special work. + +His father being a lawyer and Judge, he partook of his judicial nature, +and all his lifework was based on the broad foundation of equity and +honesty of purpose. He was a man of unobtrusive manner, retiring +disposition, and unpretentious ways. + +On June 7th, 1876, Mr. Sample was married to Miss Virginia Hughes. His +wife died on June 24th, 1889. + +Mr. Sample died suddenly in the Fort Pitt Hotel, at Pittsburg, Pa., on +March 4th, 1910. He intended to leave for New York City during the day +to bid farewell to his son, who was Assistant Engineer on the Madeira +and Mamoré Railway, in Brazil, and had been spending his vacation of +three months with his father. + +To his children, and to those who knew him intimately, Mr. Sample +leaves a memory of a life well rounded out by noble endeavor, and a +fixedness of purpose to know and do the right. He was conscientious in +every act and thought, a man of deep religious conviction, and though +called suddenly from his earthly labors, he was ready for the higher +service and duty. + +Mr. Sample was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil +Engineers on October 6th, 1886. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[3] Memoir prepared by W.B. Hanlon, Esq. + + +=ALBERT MATHER SMITH, M. Am. Soc. C.E.=[4] + +DIED FEBRUARY 27TH, 1910. + + +Albert Mather Smith was born on October 5th, 1837, in New York City. +He was the son of Charles Smith and Miss Alleta Loverich, and a direct +descendant of Cotton Mather. + +As a boy of fifteen he entered the Engineer Division of the Manhattan +Gas Light Company, and later became Engineer of its West 18th Street +Station. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Smith joined the +37th Regiment, New York Volunteers, organized by Colonel Roome, the +President of the Manhattan Gas Light Company, and was chosen Captain +of Company B. This Company was largely recruited from the force of +the gas-works, and drilled in the office of the Gas Company at 4 +Irving Place, New York City. Mr. Smith's regiment saw active service +during the invasion of Pennsylvania, and also as special detail on the +Chesapeake; and, later, during the Draft Riots in New York City. + +After the close of the War, Mr. Smith became Chief Engineer of the +Manhattan Gas Light Company, and, later, when this Company was merged +into the Consolidated Gas Company, he became Engineer of Distribution +of the latter Company. At the time of his death he had been connected +with the gas companies of New York City for 57 years. + +On March 18th, 1863, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Anna Provoost Elwes, +who died on January 14th, 1873. In 1878, Mr. Smith was married to his +second wife, Miss Jane H. Bull. His widow, two sons, and a daughter +survive him. + +Mr. Smith was a Charter Member and Vice-President of the Society of Gas +Lighting, the oldest existing gas association in the United States. He +was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on May +5th, 1886. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[4] Memoir prepared by W. Cullen Morris, M. Am. Soc. C.E. + + +=JACOBUS VAN DER HOEK, M. Am. Soc. C.E.=[5] + +DIED DECEMBER 22D, 1909. + + +Jacobus Van der Hoek, son of the late Gysbertus Van der Hoek and +Johanna (Tupers) Van der Hoek, was born at Goes, The Netherlands, +on March 19th, 1862. He received his early education at the Public +Schools, and was graduated from the High School of his native town in +August, 1879. In September of the same year he entered the Polytechnic +School at Delft, The Netherlands, from which he was graduated, as Civil +Engineer, in July, 1883. + +During 1884 Mr. Van der Hoek was employed as Inspector on the +construction of a dike across the "het slaak," a shallow tidewater +1-1/2 miles wide, and made surveys and soundings for a record map of +adjacent waters covering an area of 6 sq. miles. + +In 1885 and 1886 he was employed by the Dutch Government as Assistant +Engineer in charge of a party, to re-survey the principal rivers of +Holland, and triangulated about 25 miles of river. + +During 1887 Mr. Van der Hoek was Engineer in charge of the submarine +shore protection for the "Polder of Schouwen," The Netherlands. In 1887 +he left his native land for the United States, arriving in New York +City, on December 25th. + +From the latter part of 1888 to the beginning of 1890, he was employed +by the Wheeling Bridge and Terminal Railway Company, at Wheeling, W. +Va., under the late Job Abbott, M. Am. Soc. C.E., Chief Engineer. +The work comprised steam railway construction, a bridge 2,000 ft. in +length, including one span over the Ohio River, 525 ft. long, and three +tunnels from 400 to 2,400 ft. long, all double-track and heavy work +throughout. The Engineer who was in charge of the work, writes: + + "Mr. Van der Hoek reported to me as Chief Draftsman and + Office Assistant during the period above mentioned. He was so + capable and earnest in all of his work, and so well qualified + to perform it, that our relations were not only uniformly + pleasant, but they marked the beginning of a friendship that + lasted until the deplorable end of Mr. Van der Hoek's useful + life." + +In 1890, Mr. Van der Hoek entered the service of the Lehigh Valley +Railroad and continued with this Company until July, 1909; during +this time he was successively engaged as Chief Draftsman, Assistant, +Resident, and Division Engineer. During the extension of the main line +of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, from Sayre to Buffalo, he was employed +as Chief Draftsman, designing masonry and other structures, also as +Assistant and Resident Engineer in charge of certain sections of the +line. Paul S. King, M. Am. Soc. C.E., the Chief Engineer in charge +of the construction of this 175 miles of double-track railroad, soon +recognized the exceptional engineering ability of Mr. Van der Hoek, and +appointed him, successively, Assistant and Resident Engineer in charge +of several sections; of his success and ability, Mr. King writes: + + "The sad and sudden death of Mr. Van der Hoek was indeed + a great shock to me and his many friends in the Lehigh + Valley System, particularly in New York State, his field of + professional work for so many years. + + "I highly regarded his technical ability, sterling character, + and untiring industry, both in the field and office. During the + time he was engaged with me (nearly four years), he filled the + positions of Chief Draftsman, Assistant, and Resident Engineer, + and earned the respective promotions by the zeal and energy + which was always characteristic of him with any work he had + in hand. He continued throughout the period of construction, + a record not equalled by any of the dozen or more Resident + Engineers connected with that work. It was this observation of + his conduct and activity in executing his work that warranted + me to have confidence in his ability to take up the work to be + done after the Operating Department took charge of the line, + recommending him as the Engineer for Maintenance of Way of part + of the new line." + +In 1893, Mr. Van der Hoek was appointed Division Engineer of the +Buffalo Division of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and had charge, under +the Superintendent of Maintenance of Way, of constructing stations, +water stations, coal trestles, wharves, stone ballasting the line, +building storage yards, rebuilding bridges, etc.; he continued in this +position until July 1st, 1909. + +One of his associates on the Lehigh Valley Railroad writes: + + "I was intimately acquainted with Mr. Van der Hoek and his + work from 1894 to the time of his death, and as a co-worker + on the Lehigh Valley Railroad it is a privilege to testify to + his exceptional engineering ability, his strong, unflinching + character, his untiring energy, and implicit adherence to the + lines of duty. He had exceptional executive ability combined + with a thorough knowledge of details. It was these qualities + that made him so successful in his work. + + "Mr. Van der Hoek was a sober, unassuming, and honest man, a + generous and respected superior to his subordinates, a true + friend, ever ready to assist an aspiring young man to greater + knowledge and better positions; by these he will be truly + missed and mourned." + +On July 12th, 1909, Mr. Van der Hoek entered the service of the Lehigh +Coal and Navigation Company, as Civil Engineer, under the General +Superintendent of that company, at Lansford, Pa., to take charge of +the railroad maintenance, water supply, land surveys, and new outside +construction, on the extensive mining properties of that company in the +anthracite coal fields. + +Mr. Van der Hoek's exceptional ability was thoroughly recognized by +his new employers, and his work and its results were fully appreciated; +he had but laid his plans and perfected a proper organization when, +on the afternoon of December 22d, 1909, while inspecting the work of +laying a new water main through the Lansford, Pa., tunnel, he met his +death by being run over by an engine, and his successful professional +career was thus sadly ended. His Assistant, who had accompanied him on +this inspection, met with the same lamentable fate. + +On May 30th, 1896, Mr. Van der Hoek was married, in New York City, to +Johanna Van der Bent, and is survived by his wife and two children. + +He was elected a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers on +April 7th, 1897. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[5] Memoir prepared by F.E. Schall, D.C. Henny, H.F. Dunham and Paul S. +King, Members, Am. Soc. C.E. + + +=LUTHER ELMAN JOHNSON, Jun, Am. Soc. C.E.=[6] + +DIED MARCH 23D, 1910. + + +By the death of Luther Elman Johnson, the Engineering Profession has +lost a bright and able young engineer whose career, though short, gave +promise of a steady rise and a brilliant future. + +Mr. Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Johnson, of Lawton, Okla., +was born in Union, West Va., on August 10th, 1881. Most of his +childhood and early manhood, however, were spent in Missouri. He +received his High School training at Nevada, Mo., and his technical +education at the Missouri State University, from which he was graduated +in 1904, on his completion of the four years' course in Civil +Engineering. In connection with the training at the University, Mr. +Johnson, on graduation, was appointed and commissioned Brevet Second +Lieutenant, in the National Guard of Missouri, by the Governor of the +State. + +His professional work began shortly after graduation, with his +employment in the United States Reclamation Service, in connection with +investigations of reservoir sites for the storage of irrigation water +in Oklahoma. Following this, Mr. Johnson was transferred to the Garden +City, Kans., pumping project, where, from 1905 to 1907, he was engaged +in concrete construction and other work. In the latter part of 1907, +he was transferred to the Minidoka, Idaho, pumping project, where, as +Assistant Engineer, he was engaged until shortly before his death. + +His work on the latter project was in connection with the location and +construction of canals, and he was in active charge of the building +of a large number of small reinforced concrete and timber structures +and bridges for the irrigation system. In prosecuting this work, Mr. +Johnson showed ability of the first order, and gave evidence, by his +conscientious, thorough, and careful work, of great promise for the +future. + +In March, 1910, his health failing, he returned to his home in Lawton, +Okla., to recuperate from a general breakdown, but pneumonia set in, +and he died on March 23d. + +Mr. Johnson was a young man of sterling qualities and rugged honesty; +his life was clean and strong, his character sweet and lovable, and his +capabilities exceptional. Untiring devotion to and interest in his work +were traits which had won for him the deepest respect of his associates +and those who worked under his direction, and his death was a keen +loss, not only to his family to whom he was a devoted son and brother, +but to his many friends and to all those with whom his work brought him +in contact. + +Mr. Johnson was elected a Junior of the American Society of Civil +Engineers on September 6th, 1904. + +FOOTNOTES: + +[6] Memoir prepared by P.M. Fogg, Assoc. M. Am. Soc. C.E. + +TRANSACTIONS + +OF THE + +American Society of Civil Engineers + + * * * * * + + + + +INDEX + +VOLUME LXX + +DECEMBER, 1910 + + + * * * * * + +SUBJECT INDEX, PAGE 482 + +AUTHOR INDEX, PAGE 486 + + * * * * * + +Titles of papers are in quotation marks when given with the author's +name. + +VOLUME LXX + + * * * * * + + +=SUBJECT INDEX= + + * * * * * + + +=ACCIDENTS.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine----, Structural Materials, and + Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With Discussion.) 190. + + +=ADDRESSES.= + + "Address at the 42d Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, June + 21st, 1910." John A. Bensel. 464. + + +=BLASTING.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=BOILERS.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=BRACING.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. + (With Discussion.) 352. + + +=BUILDING STONE.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=CEMENT.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=CLAY.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=COAL.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=CONCRETE.= + + "A ---- Water Tower." A. Kempkey, Jr. (With Discussion.) 334. + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + "Reinforced ---- Pier Construction." Eugene Klapp. (With + Discussion.) 448. + + +=EARTH PRESSURES.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. 352. + + Discussion: T. Kennard Thomson, Charles E. Gregory, Francis + W. Perry, E.P. Goodrich, Francis L. Pruyn, and Frank H. + Carter, 389. + + +=EXCAVATIONS.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. + (With Discussion.) 352. + + +=EXPLOSIVES.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=FIRE PROOFING.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=FOUNDATIONS.= + + "The Ultimate Load on Pile----: A Static Theory." John H. + Griffith. 412. + + Discussion: Luther Wagoner, 442. + + +=FUEL.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=GRADES.= + + "Locomotive Performance on ---- of Various Lengths." Beverly S. + Randolph. (With Discussion.) 321. + + +=HEATING.= + + "Expansion of Pipes." Ralph C. Taggart. (With Discussion.) 1. + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=LOCOMOTIVES.= + + _See_ =ROLLING STOCK.= + + +=MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=MEMOIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS.= + + Brown, Linus Weed. 470. + + Hasbrouck, Charles Alfred. 473. + + Johnson, Luther Elman. 480. + + Sample, John Henderson. 474. + + Smith, Albert Mather. 476. + + Van der Hoek, Jacobus. 477. + + +=MINING.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. 190. + + Discussion: Kenneth Allen, Henry Kreisinger, Walter O. + Snelling, A. Bartoccini, H.G. Stott, and B.W. Dunn, 300. + + +=PILES.= + + "The Ultimate Load on Pile Foundations: A Static Theory," John + H. Griffith. (With Discussion.) 412. + + +=PIPE.= + + "Expansion of Pipes." Ralph C. Taggart. 1. + + Discussion: William D. Ennis, and William Kent, 31. + + "The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from + Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex." J.L. Campbell. (With + Discussion.) 164. + + +=PIPE-LINES.= + + ---- for railroad water supply. 164. + + +=PRESERVATION OF TIMBER.= + + "Tests of Creosoted Timber." W.B. Gregory. 37. + + +=RAILROADS.= + + "Locomotive Performance on Grades of Various Lengths." Beverly + S. Randolph. (With Discussion.) 321. + + +=RAILS.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=REINFORCED CONCRETE.= + + "Some Mooted Questions in ---- Design." Edward Godfrey. 54. + + Discussion: Joseph Wright, S. Bent Russell, J.R. Worcester, + L.J. Mensch, Walter W. Clifford, J.C. Meem, George H. + Myers, Edwin Thacher, C.A.P. Turner, Paul Chapman, E.P. + Goodrich, Albin H. Beyer, John C. Ostrup, Harry F. Porter, + John Stephen Sewell, and Sanford E. Thompson, 72. + + +=REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." Joseph + T. Richards, C.W. Buchholz, E.C. Carter, S.M. Felton, + Robert W. Hunt, John D. Isaacs, Richard Montfort, H.G. + Prout, Percival Roberts, Jr., George E. Thackray, Edmund K. + Turner, and William R. Webster, 456. + + +=RESERVOIRS.= + + Description of----. 174. + + +=ROLLING STOCK.= + + "Locomotive Performance on Grades of Various Lengths." Beverly + S. Randolph. 321. + + Discussion: C.D. Purdon, and John C. Trautwine, Jr., 329. + + +=SAFETY LAMPS.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=SHAFT SINKING.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. + (With Discussion.) 352. + + +=SHEATHING.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. + (With Discussion.) 352. + + +=STAND-PIPES.= + + "A Concrete Water Tower." A. Kempkey, Jr. 334. + + Discussion: Maurice C. Couchot, L.J. Mensch, and A.H. Markwart, + 348. + + +=TESTING MACHINES.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." Herbert M. Wilson. (With + Discussion.) 190. + + +=TIMBER.= + + "Tests of Creosoted----." W.B. Gregory. 37. + + +=TOWERS.= + + "A Concrete Water Tower." A. Kempkey, Jr. (With Discussion.) + 334. + + +=TRAIN LOADS.= + + "Locomotive Performance on Grades of Various Lengths." Beverly + S. Randolph. (With Discussion.) 321. + + +=TUNNELS.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." J.C. Meem. + (With Discussion.) 352. + + +=WATER, FLOW OF, IN PIPES.= + + Data regarding----. 178. + + +=WATER-WORKS.= + + "The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from + Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex." J.L. Campbell, 164. + + Discussion: G.E.P. Smith, and Kenneth Allen, 186. + + _See also_ =STAND-PIPES.= + + +=WHARVES.= + + "Reinforced Concrete Pier Construction." Eugene Klapp. 448. + + Discussion: William Arthur Payne, 455. + + +=WOOD.= + + _See_ =TIMBER.= + + +=WOOD-PIPE.= + + Old ---- in large cities. 186. + + "The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from + Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex." J.L. Campbell. (With + Discussion.) 164. + + +=AUTHOR INDEX= + + +=ALLEN, KENNETH.= + + Investigations of fuels. 300. + + Railroad water supply. 186. + + +=BARTOCCINI, A.= + + Investigations of mine accidents. 312. + + +=BENSEL, JOHN A.= + + "Address at the 42d Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, June + 21st, 1910." 464. + + +=BEYER, ALBIN H.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 102. + + +=BROWN, LINUS WEED.= + + Memoir of. 470. + + +=BUCHHOLZ, C.W.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=CAMPBELL, J.L.= + + "The Water Supply of the El Paso and Southwestern Railway from + Carrizozo to Santa Rosa, N. Mex." 164. + + +=CARTER, E.C.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=CARTER, FRANK H.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 399. + + +=CHAPMAN, PAUL.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 90. + + +=CLIFFORD, WALTER W.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 80. + + +=COUCHOT, MAURICE C.= + + A concrete water tower. 348. + + +=DUNN, B.W.= + + Investigations of explosives. 314. + + +=ENNIS, WILLIAM D.= + + Expansion of pipes. 31. + + +=FELTON, S.M.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=GODFREY, EDWARD.= + + "Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design." 54. + + +=GOODRICH, E.P.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 393. + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 95. + + +=GREGORY, CHARLES E.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 391. + + +=GREGORY, W.B.= + + "Tests of Creosoted Timber." 37. + + +=GRIFFITH, JOHN H.= + + "The Ultimate Load on Pile Foundations: A Static Theory." 412. + + +=HASBROUCK, CHARLES ALFRED.= + + Memoir of. 473. + + +=HUNT, ROBERT W.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=ISAACS, JOHN D.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=JOHNSON, LUTHER ELMAN.= + + Memoir of. 480. + + +=KEMPKEY, A., Jr.= + + "A Concrete Water Tower." 334. + + +=KENT, WILLIAM.= + + Expansion of pipes. 31. + + +=KLAPP, EUGENE.= + + "Reinforced Concrete Pier Construction." 448. + + +=KREISINGER, HENRY.= + + Investigations of fuels. 300. + + +=MARKWART, A.H.= + + A concrete water tower. 349. + + +=MEEM, J.C.= + + "Pressure, Resistance, and Stability of Earth." 352. + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 82. + + +=MENSCH, L.J.= + + A concrete water tower. 348. + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 76. + + +=MONTFORT, RICHARD.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=MYERS, GEORGE H.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 84. + + +=OSTRUP, JOHN C.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 105. + + +=PAYNE, WILLIAM ARTHUR.= + + Reinforced concrete pier construction. 455. + + +=PERRY, FRANCIS W.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 392. + + +=PORTER, HARRY F.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 111. + + +=PROUT, H.G.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=PRUYN, FRANCIS L.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 398. + + +=PURDON, C.D.= + + Locomotive performance on grades, 329. + + +=RANDOLPH, BEVERLY S.= + + "Locomotive Performance on Grades of Various Lengths." 321. + + +=RICHARDS, JOSEPH T.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=ROBERTS, PERCIVAL, Jr.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=RUSSELL, S. BENT.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 73. + + +=SAMPLE, JOHN HENDERSON.= + + Memoir of. 474. + + +=SEWELL, JOHN STEPHEN.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 124. + + +=SMITH, ALBERT MATHER.= + + Memoir of. 476. + + +=SMITH, G.E.P.= + + Railroad water supply. 186. + + +=SNELLING, WALTER O.= + + Investigations of explosives. 307. + + +=STOTT, H.G.= + + Investigations of efficiency of gas engines. 313. + + +=TAGGART, RALPH C.= + + "Expansion of Pipes." 1. + + +=THACHER, EDWIN.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 85. + + +=THACKRAY, GEORGE E.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=THOMPSON, SANFORD E.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 128. + + +=THOMSON, T. KENNARD.= + + Earth pressure and stability. 389. + + +=TRAUTWINE, JOHN C., Jr.= + + Locomotive performance on grades. 330. + + +=TURNER, C.A.P.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 87. + + +=TURNER, EDMUND K.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=VAN DER HOEK, JACOBUS.= + + Memoir of. 477. + + +=WAGONER, LUTHER.= + + Ultimate load on pile foundations. 442. + + +=WEBSTER, WILLIAM R.= + + "Final Report of Special Committee on Rail Sections." 456. + + +=WILSON, HERBERT M.= + + "Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural + Materials, and Fuels." 190. + + +=WORCESTER, J.R.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 74. + + +=WRIGHT, JOSEPH.= + + Questions in reinforced concrete design. 72. + + + + + Transcriber's Notes: + + The following external works are required to complete this + volume. 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