DEPARTMENT REPORTS 45 



REPORT OF THE STEAM AND WATER DEPARTMENT. 



To the President: 



Sir — I have the honor of submitting the following report of the work 

 of the Steam and Water Department tor the year ending J une 30, 1897 : 



Steam has been supplied for heating, pumping, djnamo and shop en- 

 gines, as usual. 



Mr, E. A. Edgerton resigned his position as engineer on the first of 

 Mav, 1896, and Mr. D. B. Baldwin was engaged to fill the vacancy on July 

 G, 1896. 



The tank and feed pumps have been put in good order; new plungers 

 and rings were purchased for the tank pump. 



The only other work of particular importance in the way of repairs and 

 alterations done in this department, during the year, was in connection 

 with the boiler settings and the main steam piping. All brick work was 

 thoroughly overhauled and put in good order, and the piping arranged 

 for running separate batteries of boilers at high and low pressure. The 

 arrangement of the piping affords very satisfactory results. 



Attention is again called to the desirability of building a new coal shed, 

 also of placing hose and nozzles in the several dormitories. It is recom- 

 mended that suitable scales be placed at the boiler house for weighing 

 coal and ashes. 



Respectfully submitted, 



CHAS. L. WEIL, 



Ageicultural College, Mich., Superintendent. 



June 30, 1897. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 



President Snyder: 



The annual report of the Chemical Department for the year ending 

 June 30, 1897, is herewith submitted. The year has been one of business 

 activity and prosperity in the Chemical Department. We have never 

 before had so many students or more satisfactory work. 



When the Chemical Laboratory was erected it was supposed that ample 

 room had been provided for as many students as would ever gather in 

 any term within its walls. But with the large influx of students and 

 multiplication of classes, it is becoming a question how to provide work- 

 ing space and elbow room for all the students in the laboratory, for suc- 

 cessful instruction in chemistry cannot be separated from laboratory 

 work. Now that the Woman's Course comes in to claim a large place in 

 the Chemical Course, the stress becomes greater. 



The nature and amount of work may be seen from the following abstract 

 of the year's work in this department: 



