department in full uniform under command of Chief Engineer Farrell was drawn up for review, and subsequently made a short parade across the common. The fine appearance of the men was the subject of general comment. From South Common the party was driven to the works of the United States Cartridge Company, where they were received by Superintendent C. A. R. Dimon, a member of the Lowell Water Board. Under his direction the several interesting processes employed in the manufacture of cartridges were inspected and explained.

From the cartridge works a rapid drive was made to the estate of General B. F. Butler on Andover street in Belvidere, where the barges passed around his house without stopping, the General not being at home. The next halt was made at the residence of Colonel Haggett, President of the Lowell Water Board, where a collation was waiting. The stay was necessarily brief, and after a hurried inspection of the Middlesex Mills, of which Colonel Haggett is paymaster, the party was driven hastily to the steamer landing on Pawtucket street, where the steamer Pinafore, Capt. Peirce commanding, was waiting, already loaded with invited guests, to convey the party to Tyngs' Island, a pleasure resort about half an hour's sail up the river.

The Island was reached about 12.30, and as dinner was not to be ready until two, the various means of enjoyment which the place afford were indulged in by those who felt so disposed.

At two o'clock dinner was announced and the large dining hall of the Island House was soon filled to its utmost seating capacity with hungry guests. Colonel Haggett presided and it needed no second invitation from him for the company to commence the discussion of the very excellent spread prepared by mine host Brown. After half an hour

passed in this very pleasant feature of the occasion, cigars were lighted and the intellectual part of the entertainment began.

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President Haggett extended a cordial and hearty welcome to all present, and closed his remarks by the presentation to Mr. Chickering of Pawtucket of several [souvenirs of the occasion, The Colonel's remarks, and Mr. Chickering's response kept the table in a continual roar.

Colonel Haggett then called up in succession, Mr. Ellis of Springfield the president-elect of the Association, F. E.: Hall, the retiring president, Mayor J. J. Donovan of Lowell, Superintendent Billings of Taunton, H. J. Moulton of the, Lowell Daily Citizen, J. H. Harrington of the Lowell Weekly Sun, C. H. Latham, past member of the Lowell Water Board, Chief Engineer Collyer of the Pawtucket fire department, Alderman E. B. Quinn of Lowell, Superintendent Walker of Manchester, N. H., W. N. Osgood, past member of the Lowell Board, Commodore E. B. Peirce, member of the Lowell City Council and commander of the steamer Pinafore, and Superintendent Darling of Pawtucket, who was called in from the verandah to make the closing address.

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The speeches were all very brief and pertinent, and. might have continued longer, but the necessity of getting. back to the city in order to catch the different trains, made it necessary to bring the festivities to a close at about five o'clock.

Upon arriving at the steamer landing in the city, horse, cars were in waiting which conveyed the visiting members to the different railroad stations where they took their departure for their respective homes.

FALL MEETING,

CITY OF NEWTON, MASS., SEPT. 24, 1884.

The members of the association and their guests assembled at ten o'clock in the Council Chamber of the City Government, City Hall, West Newton, and after listening to a brief address of welcome by Edward W. Cate Esq. President of the Newton Water Board, took barges for a drive about the City. There were present Mayors Fuller of Malden and Cummings of Somerville, President Parker of the Worcester Common Council, Water Commissioners Kingsley of Cambridge, Hayden of Somerville, Dresser of Stockbridge, Smith of Salem, Briggs of Amesbury, Wilde of Malden, Gay of Manchester, N. H., Fairbanks of Natick, Robinson of Hudson, Frost of Waltham, Cleveland of Brockton, Watts of Lawrence, Gould of Westboro', Russell of Haverhill, Skillings of Winchester, and Horton of Pawtucket; Superintendents Mason of St. Albans, Vt., Fitts of Attleboro', Hancock of Springfield, Fitzgerald of Boston, Nevons of Cambridge, Hedge of North Adams, Brown of Boston, Hall of Quincy, Morse of Haverhill, Coggeshall of New Bedford, Taylor of Worcester, Morse of Natick, Brand of Norwich, Ct., Joy of Lexington, Holden of Lowell, Billings of Taunton, Babcock of Nashua, N. H., Hawkes of Malden, Gow of Medford, Dotten of Winchester, Lane of Melrose, Grush of Salem, Lyon of Lynn, Rogers of Lawrence, Horan of Clinton,

Walker of Manchester, N. H., Winslow of Waltham, Clark of Northampton, Lovell of Fitchburg, Dennett of Somerville, and Read of Lewiston, Me., George A. Kimball, City Engineer, Somerville, W. S. Barbour, City Engineer, Cambridge; George E. Batchelder, Water Registrar, Worcester, W. C. Wilcox, Water Registrar, Waltham; George B. Ferguson, Daniel Johnson and L. A. Welch, representing H. R. Worthington, N. Y. City, John Kelley, Crown Meter Co., N. Y. City, Chas. R. Baldwin, Equitable Meter Co., Boston, George T. Hill, Treasurer Peet Valve Co., Boston; Jason Giles, Chapman Valve Co., Boston, Wm. B. Shuman, Corliss Engine Co., Providence, R. I., W. A. Hall, of Thomas Hall & Co., Boston, John P. K. Otis of Union. Meter Co., Worcester, J. F. Cummings of "Sanitary Engineer," N. Y. City, Professor Vose of the Institute of Technology, George A. Ellis, City Engineer, Springfield; Dexter Brackett, Assistant City Engineer, Boston, Henry Manley, Assistant City Engineer, Boston, the Mayor and members of the present and past City Government and other prominent citizens of Newton, making about 140 in all. The party first drove through Newtonville, Newton and Newton Highlands to the Upper Falls where they inspected the Filter Basin and Pumping Station; from there to the "Echo Bridge" which carries the Sudbury River Aqueduct over the Charles River; this they inspected under the care of Superintendent Fitzgerald of the Boston Works and then re-entered the barges and were driven to the Woodland Park Hotel in Auburndale where lunch was served and where also the Association presented to Mr. R. C. P. Coggeshall an engraving and cane as a token of their appreciation of his labors in behalf of the Association while occupying the office of Secretary. After spending about an hour at the hotel the party were taken to Engine House No. 3, where the hitching

up process was witnessed and then to Newtonville where to show the workings of the Fire Department and hydrant service a general fire alarm was sounded, bringing all the apparatus to the spot. After leaving Newtonville the party were driven to the Waban Hill Reservoir and from there to Boston's Reservoir at Chestnut Hill. After about half an hour spent at this Reservoir under the guidance of Superintendent Fitzgerald, the barges were again taken for the Hotel Vendome, Boston, where they were joined by Hon. Albert Haggett of Lowell, L. Fred Rice, Esq., of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Superintendent Jones of the Boston Water Works and others.

At 6.30 o'clock dinner was announced, and after two hours pleasantly passed in its consideration, Mr. Cate called the Association to order and made a brief speech complimentary to the Association, and announced that letters of regret had been received from His Excellency Governor Robinson; His Honor Mayor Martin of Boston; John Bogart, Secretary, J. J. R. Cross, Treasurer, and W. H. Paine, Vice President of the American Society of Civil Engineers; Alphonse Fteley Resident Engineer New Croton Aqueduct, N. Y. City; L. H. Gardner, President, W. C. Stripe, Vice President and J. H. Decker, Secretary and Treasurer of the American Water Works Association: S. M. Gray, City Engineer Providence, R. I., and others.

He then introduced His Honor Mayor Kimball, who expressed the pleasure he felt in welcoming the Association to Newton. President Ellis responded for the Association and other speeches were made by Hon. R. M. Pulsifer of Newton; Mayor Cummings of Somerville; Col. Haggett of Lowell; President Kingsley of the Cambridge Water Board; President Powers of the Newton Common Council, President Parker of the Common Council of