Flinn, A. D. Municipal engineers: their functions and training. 1916. 6 p., typewritten. VF

An address delivered before the Association of Urban Universities, Nov. 17, 1916.

"A mere recital of the functions performed by municipal engineers makes plain the large part the engineer plays in the fundamentally necessary services for the physical well-being of the community. Most of them - indeed, all of them are so commonplace that, excepting an occasional feat of construction or a structure vast enough to challenge the imagination, they are accepted as matters of course and only some disturbance of the service attracts popular attention. Consequently there is no adequate general comprehension of the breadth and length and the thoroughness of the training essential to success. And this training is never finished. Rapid, unceasing development of the natural sciences and the arts, constantly advancing ideas of civic government and ever broadening demands for collective undertakings or community service force the municipal engineer to be ever a student."

A comparison of the present system with the proposed plan; showing advantages to be secured under centralized control and business management. City and county government as a business proposition.

Summary of a charter for a federated city and county government for Alameda County and its cities. Submitted by the Executive Committee. Sept., 1916. 20 p. 352.144A3s

"The plan proposed is a system of boroughs whereby each of the cities retains its present identity and independence, fixes its own tax rate, and determines the purposes for which the tax money shall be expended, as well as retains all powers of police and health regulation.'

Melpolder, John. County organization. (Ohio Bulletin of Charities and Correction, June, 1916. p. 63–68.)

Paper read before the Ohio State Conference of Charities and Correction, Nov. 3-5, 1915.

FIRE DEPARTMENTS

Booth, G. W. Public fire departments. (National Fire Protection Association. Quarterly, Oct., 1916. p. 142-154.)

The author is chief engineer of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

Crapo, James. Building inspection by firemen; suggestions for systematic procedure. (National Fire Protection Association. Quarterly, Oct., 1916. \p. 139–141.)

Fire department data. [General information concerning fire departments. (Municipal Journal, Nov. 9, 1916. p. 570-573. tables.)

Fire department statistics. Figures from several hundred cities concerning expenditures, area and number of buildings protected, and areas covered by automobile apparatus. (Municipal Journal, Nov. 16, 1916. p. 605-609. tables.)

HEATING

Bailey, E. G. Method by which Harvard University buys steam on a heat unit basis with discussion]. (In: National District Heating Association. Proceedings, 1916. p. 370-403. diagr., map, tables.) 697.5N21

Discusses three important problems that present themselves in connection with the purchase of steam from a central station, viz.:

"First: The actual delivery of the steam, involving engineering problems of piping, tunnel construction, and caring for the returns.

Second: A form of contract that is equitable to both parties, and sufficiently elastic to care for any unforeseen development which may arise in the future.

Third: The measurement of the amount of steam or heat units delivered."

Bushnell, S. M. Factors in the growth of district heating [with discussion). (In: National District Heating Association. Proceedings, 1916. 697.5N21 p. 137-180.)

Cushman, J. M. A survey of operating costs in thirteen school buildings. Analysis of the heating and

PAVEMENTS

Philadelphia. Bureau of Highways and Street Cleaning, Department of Public Works. Highways and byways: a problem in upkeep. Summary of operations for year 1915. (1916. 138 p. illus., tables. 352.6P5

Engineers are likely to find this report of more interest than the ordinary annual report because of the appendix, which contains reports on the different sections of Philadelphia's concrete service test road, and the Byberry and Bensalem service test road, as well as a large amount of cost data and a section on the installation of planning boards.

United States. Department of Agriculture. Progress reports of experiments in dust prevention and road preservation, 1915. 1916. 71 p. tables. Professional paper. (Bull. no. 407.) 625.76Un3p

"The experiments begun by the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering during the year 1915 are all concerned with the use

RECREATION

Foster, W. D. Organized recreation. (National Education Association. Journal, Sept., 1916. p. 48-53.)

SALARY STANDARDIZATION

Jacobs, J. L. Review of movement for standardization of public employments and appraisal of the proposed salary standardization plan for the Milwaukee city service, with constructive recommendations and next steps for developing effective employment administration in Milwaukee. Report made at the request of the Milwaukee Citizens' Bureau of Municipal Efficiency. 1916. 45 p. 336.12M5j

SOCIAL LEGISLATION

Social legislation, 1916. (National Conference of Charities and Correction. Bull. no. 76. Oct., 1916.)

This is a summary, prepared by the Legislative Drafting Research Fund of Columbia University, of the laws relating to social improvement enacted by state legislatures in 1916. The following subjects are covered: children; education and recreation; corrections; labor, indus try and unemployment; loans; vice and crime; inebriety; saloons; drug habit; public health and housing; deaf and blind; insane and defective; public relief; public supervision and administration; miscellaneous.

A classified list of "Public appropriations, state and national, for social welfare institutions and agencies, 1916," is appended.

No. 6. buildings.

No. 7. Interesting comparison of two docks recently constructed in the City of Chicago, Illinois.