54 Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences 



Report of the Section of Engineering_, Architecture and 

 Allied Professions 



In accordance with the action of the Board of Trustees, approving the 

 formation of a Section of Engineering, a dinner was held at the St. George 

 Hotel, on April 14, 1914, at which a preliminary organization was effected. 

 The president of the Association, Hon. Howard R. Bayne, acted as tem- 

 porary chairman, and Mr. George W. Tuttle as temporary secretary. A 

 committee on organization was appointed, consisting of Messrs, Orrin L. 

 Brodie, August E. Hansen, and George L. Mitchill. 



In response to a call issued by the committee on organization a meeting 

 was held in the assembly hall of the Museum on May 19, 1914, at which 

 32 members and guests were present. Mr. Orrin L. Brodie, as chairman 

 of the committee, called the meeting to order. Mr. August E. Hansen was 

 elected chairman pro tem, and Mr. George W. Tuttle recorder pro tem. 

 The report of the committee was submitted in the form of a series of 

 bylaws and nominations for permanent officers of the Section. The pro- 

 posed bylaws were discussed and approved, including the adoption of the 

 name Section of Engineering, Architecture and Allied Professions, and 

 the following nominees suggested by the committee were elected officers 

 of the Section: Edmund L. Andrews, chairman; George W. Tuttle, vice- 

 chairman ; William R. Hillyer, recorder ; Carl F. Grieshaber, member of 

 sectional committee. 



Hon. Lewis Nixon, consulting engineer and commissioner of public 

 works of the borough, adddressed the Section on the subject of the rela- 

 tion of the engineer to the work of the Association. 



Mr. Theodor S. Oxholm, engineer-in-charge of the borough, discussed 

 the Stapleton (Canal St.) sewer, its capacity, the area of territory unde- 

 veloped which it is designed to accommodate, the assessments levied for 

 construction, etc. 



Mr. Victor H. Reichelt, assistant engineer of the borough, discussed the 

 subject of assessments for sewerage and drainage of undeveloped territory, 

 with special reference to experiences in the Borough of the Bronx. 



The chairman subsequently announced the following appointments: pro- 

 gram committee, August E. Hansen, Orrin L. Brodie, George L. Mitchilf; 

 publication committee, Frank W. Skinner, Edward W. Brown, William R. 

 Hayward. 



George W. Tuttle, 

 Recorder pro tem. 



