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SHORT COURSE IN HIGHWAY ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1920 REGISTRATION 8:15.

Morning Session 9:30 o'clock

PROFESSOR F. H. NEWELL, Presiding

1. OPENING ADDRESS DEAN C. R. RICHARDS, College of Engineering.

2. AsPHALTIC MAcADAM, AsPHALTIC CoNCRETE AND SHEET AsPHALT PAVEMENTS. ARTHUR H. BLANCHARD, Professor of Highway Engineering,

University of Michigan. 3. ADDRESS.

HaN. CLIFFORD OLDER, Chief State Highway Engineer of Illinois.

Afternoon Session 1:30 o'clock

PRoFESSOR IRA 0. BAKER, Presiding l. TYPES OF RoAns FOR MoDERN TRAFFIC

R. E. ToMs, Acting District Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.

2. CoNTRACTORs' PROBLEMS, PAsT AND PRESENT. J. W. STIPES, Contractor, Champaign, Illinois.

3. How THE LocAL ·HIGHWAY OFFICIALS CAN Am DuRING THE CoNSTRUCTioN oF THE STATE RoAD SYSTEM. A. H. HuNTER, District Engineer, Illinois Division of

Highways. 4. SociAL DEVELOPMENTS DuE To Goon RoADS.

DR. R. E. HIERONYMus, Community Advisor.

Evening Session 7:00 o'clock

PROFESSOR IRA 0. BAKER, Presiding AsPHALT. Illustrated.

PREVOST HuBBARD, Chemical Engineer, Asphalt Associa­tion. Former Chief of the Division of Tests and Re­search, U. S. Bureau of Public Roads.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920

Morning Session

BRIDGES. Room 221. 8:30 and 11:00. Subject: Maintainance and Repairs of Bridges.

RoADs. Room 220. 9:45 and 11:00. Subject: Choosing the Roads to be Improved.

SuRVEYING Room 219. 8:30 and 9:45. Subject: Land Surveys.

MuNICIPAL Room 205. 8:30 to 11:00. Subject: City Pavements.

Afternoon Session J :30 o'clock

PROFESSOR, G. W. PICKELS, Presiding

1. DRAINAGE AS RELATED TO HIGHWAYS. JoHN T. STEWART, Consulting Engineer, St. Paul, Minne­

sota.

2. PROBLEMS IN THE CACHE RIVER DRAINAGE DISTRICT. J. THRIFT CoRLIS, Engineer, Cache River Drainage Dis­

trict, Illinois.

3. GEoLOGY AND RoAD BuiLDING. PROFESSOR T. T. QuiRKE, Department of Geology.

4. MEETING oF AssociATION oF CouNTY SuPERINTENDENTS oF HIGHWAYS.

Evening Session 7:00 o'clock

PROFESSOR C. C. WILEY, Presiding. IMPROVING THE APPEARANCE oF ouR RoADs AND STREETS.

PROFESSOR F. N. EvANs, Department of Landscape Gardening.

BRIDGES

RoADs

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1920 Morning Session

Room 221. 8:30 and 11:00 Subject: Waterways for Bridges.

Room 220. 9:45 and 11:00. Subject: The Effect of Traffic-Loads, Impact,

and Abrasion.

SuRVEYING Room 219. 8:30 and 9:45. Subject: Surveying Instruments and Methods.

MuNICIPAL Room 205. 8:30 to 11:00. Subject: Pavement and Storm Water Drainage.

Afternoon Session 1 :30 o'clock

PROFESSOR W. H. RAYNER, Presiding

1. GRAVEL FOR HIGHWAY CoNSTRUCTION. R. C. YEOMAN, Extension Engineer, Indiana Sand and

Gravel Producers Association.

2. LocATING, OPENING, AND OPERATING LocAL GRAVEL PITs. General Discusssion. <

3. GRANITE QuARRYING AND PAVING. Moving Pictures. J. J. ToBIN, Field Engineer, Granite Block Manufacturers

Association, Boston, Massachussets.

4. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. R. R. BRECKENRIDGE, Mechanician Expert, Thorpe­

Ammerman Co., Urbana, Illinois.

5. AuTOMOBILE AcciDENTs- CAuSES AND CuRES. C. C. WILEY, Depar.tment of Civil Engineering.

Evening Session 7:00 o'clock

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT. Program by the University of Illinois Student Chapter,

American Association of Engineers.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920

Morning Session

BRIDGES Room 221. 8:30 and 11:00. Subject: Foundations for Bridges.

RoADS. Room 220. 9:45 and 11:00. Subject: Problems of Construction.

Su RvEYING Room 219. 8:30 and 9:45. Subject: Keeping Survey Notes and Making Com­

putations.

M uNICIPAL Roo~1 205. 8:30 to 11:00.

1. ADDRESS.

Subject: Sewer Design and Sewage Disposal.

Afternoon Session

PROFESSOR J. E. SMITH, Presiding

1 :30 o'clock

HoN. S. E. BRA DT, State Superintendent of Highways of Illinois.

2. THE NEw ILLINOIS ZoNING LAw--hs MEANING AND Possi­BILITIES. PROFESSOR ·w. E. BRITTON, College of Law.

3. SPECIFICATIONS FOR BRICK PAVEMENTS. MAURICE B. GREENOUGH, Secretary, National Paving Brick Manufacturers Association, Cleveland, Ohio.

4. REPAIRING GROlJTED BRICK PAVEMENT. Moving Pictures. HARLAND H. EDWARDS, City Engineer, Danville, Illinois.

Evening Session

7:00 o'clock

MR. E. W. CARRIER, Presiding

1. MoTOR TRANSPORT PossiBILITIES. Moving Pictures. A. R. KRoH, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio.

2 . .MoviNG PICTURES oF EARTH, GRAVEL, MACADAM, AND CoNcRETE RoAD CoNsTRUCTION.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920

Morning Session

BRIDGES Room 221. 8:30 and 11:00. Subject: Miscellaneous Bridge Problems.

RoADS. Room 220. 9:45 and 11:00. Suhject: Problems of Design.

SuRVEYING Room 219. 8:30 and 9:45 . . Subject: Maps, Plans, and Profiles.

Mu NICIPAL Room 205. 8:30 to 11:00. Subject: Water Supply Design and Operation.

Afternoon Session

1 :30 o'clock

PROFESSOR F. H. NEWELL, Presiding

1. THE RoAD BuiLDING MATERIAL RESOU!l.CES OF ILLINOIS AND WHAT IS BEING DoNE TO DEVELOP THEM. F. W. DEWOLF, Director, Illinois Geological Survey.

2. MAINTENANCE oF BROKEN STONE AND MAcADAM RoADs. P. K. SHEIDLER, The Barrett Company.

3. CoNTRACToRs ORGANIZATIONS. K. H. TALBOTT, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

4. THE ENGINEER. PROFESSOR F. H. NEWELL, Head of the Department of

Civil Engineering. National President, American Associa­tion of Engineers.

ADJOURNMENT

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MEETING OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF

HIGHWAYS

STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, SPRINGFIELD

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920 Morning Session

9:30 o'clock

FRANK I. BENNETT, Director of Department of Public Works and Buildings, Presiding.

OPENING ADDRESS. FRANK I. BENNETT, Director.

PROPOSED FEDERAL HIGHWAY LEGISLATION AND ITs RELATION TO ILLINOIS. S. E. BRADT, Superintendent of Highways.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

ILLINOIS' RoAD CoNSTRUCTION PROGRAM FOR 1920. CLIFFORD OLDER, Chief Highway Engineer.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

Afternoon Session 2:00 o'clock

T. G. VENNUM, Assistant Director of Department of Public Works and Buildings, Presiding

CouNTY BoND IssuEs. S. E. BRADT, Superintendent of Highways.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

DETAILS OF PROCEDURE oN 15-d WoRK. E. M. FLEMING, Acting Road Engineer.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

SYNOPSIS oF CHANGES IN RoAD LAws AND MoTOR VEHICLE LICENSE LAws. J. M. McCoY, Chief Clerk.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920

Morning Session

9:00 o'clock

S. E. BRADT, Superintendent of Highways, Presiding.

RoAD AND BRIDGE CoNSTRUCTION-METHODS-DETAILS­INSPECTION. B. H. PIEPMEIER, Engineer of Construction.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

DEsiGNING PoLicY AND RIGHT OF WAY PRoCEDURE oN STATE BoND IssuE RoADS. F. T. SHEETS, Engineer of Design.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

CuLVERTS UNDER FouR FooT SPANs;- PROPOSED SoLUTIONs; THE STATE STANDARDS AND THE REASONS THEREFOR. G. F. BuRcH, Bridge Engineer.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

Afternoon Session

2:00 o'clock

CLIFFORD OLDER, Chief Highway Engineer, Presiding

CoST PLus FIXED SuM METHOD OF BuiLDING BRIDGES AND

CuLVERTS; CosT DATA. D. 0. THoMAS, County Superintendent of Highways, St.

Clair County.

DISCUSSION Opened by E. F. MoTSINGER, County Superintendent of

Highways, Fulton County.

THE MAKING oF RoAD EsTIMATES oF ALL TYPES.

DISCUSSION. Opened by A. A. HuNTER, District Engineer.

SuPPLEMENTED BY G.N.LAMB H. E. SuRMAN J. E. HuBER R. L. BELL K. N. EvANS c. M. HATHAWAY c. M. SLAYMAKER LLoYD ScHWARTZ

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

District Engineers.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920 Morning Session

9:00 o'clock

PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE UsE or A FIELD TE. TING OuT-FIT. F. L. RoMAN, Testing Engineer.

GENERAL DISCUSSION.

PATROL MAINTENANCE oF EARTH AND GRAVEL RoADs, FRED TARRANT, Maintenance Engineer.

GENERAL DISC USSION. GENERAL DiscussioN OF ANY ToPICS oF INTEREST.

ADJOURNMENT.

NOTE: If weather conditions permit and the County Superin­tendents so elect, an automobile inspection tour will be arranged for Saturday afternoon. Federal aid and county work of interest will be examined.