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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Libraries, 1910s at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Special Libraries, 1910 by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SpecialA Libraries - -. -. -. .- . - . . - .-. - .- - Vol. 1. FEBRUARY 1910 No. 2 ------. - - - . . ------. -. ------. -- .------l't'I3LISlllCI) 131- TilE nble. howewr. if thtl full ~)ossil)i~itiesof use SPECIAL LInRARlES ASSOClATlOS fuines8 of an effkient t~cllnlcalHbrary are ax Yrt realized bp many cxec~~tiveand sub- 54 Lalayette Street, Sew York City ordinate clniployecs of orgi1nizations under whose ucbneral J~lrisdiction libraries are Subscription...... $2.00 a year (10 numbers) nlaintain~d. Erlwience In an organization Slngle copies...... P.i cents wllere n technical library fornied a sc~parate rleparlnient has pronlptcd th(1 slatenlent by The annual dues of the Sperlal 1.ibrnrlcs one engineer thnt in too niany Instances Association inclnde n sril~scril)tionto Special thm is fl tcnilenc!' to look ulmn the library Libraries. ns n ralht3r Iml)racticnble nffnlr, out of touch with the dnily stress i~ndstrain of the or~anlxatlon's confllctn, and nlcw1.v a good 11lacc1 in which la spend thc lclsurc hour ahlch never conivs in a Imy omce. Thirt the forrgolnp point of vlcw la kcom. llig out of datr is cvidcnced 1)). a paper read nt the llotlton nltwting of tho An~ericnnAs- socinliori for the Adv~nccnientof Science by Mr. Grly E. llnrion, of thv staff ol Arthur D. I.ltlle. I%oston,on "The 1,ll)rary ns an Ad- junct to Industrial I~aboratorlea." Ilssing hls remarks upon the pmcticnl arrangement Burlnesa Librarier...... 1 and ol)rmtlon 01 a library In the chen~iral Bibliography of Public Utility Valuationr, 1al)orntory orgmlzntlon of Mr Little. the Robert H. \Vhittcn...... 2 :iulhor showcd how inrrrasing ~l~cclallza- Public Affairs, Note8 and References, John lion has Icd to thv cstnbllhhment of such a A. Lapp ...... 4 drqmtlilcnt, how it Is ~~osslbletn Incrcnse ln8urance Noter and References, I). S. the t4nricwy of the entire cntcrp~lsewith Hnndy ...... 6 whi~~hIt Is nssorlnlrd: how 1)twillar and Technology Notes and Reference8, Joscsl)h dlfic~lltprot)lenis beset it. and how the de- I,. \Vhceler ...... 7 mnnds of n limited patronage recrullcd from Selected References on Indristrial 1.1- slrcw:~li~tu110th intensify and broaden the rarles. work of the library withln its partlcnlar Trade School and Library In Englnnd. litsld. Public Utility Notes and References, Hob The niatrrlal required and acqulred con- I~rtH. Whitten...... 6 filsts rhidy of textbooks, SI)CCIRI~SIR' pam- phicts. trade cntnlogucn, reference works and nlnl)s. IVith thi~malerial the library The developmcnt of the sl)cclal omce or ncls ns a clenring house of Information for business llbrary is siinply another stel) In the entlrc organizatlon. ... the seicnlltlc organization of Industry. As The rangr of prol)len~swhich come to a well-condurtrd Industrlnl llbrary is of the such it is now receiving thc careful nttcln- nio.it vnrled character. It Is clear that pecu- tion of niuny prnctical iilen Intercstcvl solely liar administrative qualiflcatlons muel ac- In niaking their business organization niorc company the work of a nuccc*h8lul Industrial efficient. An evidence of this illcrcased In- il~r~ry.In nn ctn&wcring organizntlon It IY most deslrnblr that swh a dlwrtn~c~nthe terest is shown In the extensive comment henrlrd by n man with technical training, If in the lechnical press given to a papw by one with the requlslte bent for clasnlflcatlon Guy E. Marion on "The 1.ibrnl.y as on Ad- and conconlr~~tloncun be lountl. Mr. hlarlon junct to Industrial Laboratorirw " The En- does not touch upon thls pha6tn of the sub- ject, but from a ~onit.whatclovr ol)servation gineering Record of January 29 comments of library nintters In rclnllon to thr needs cdltorlally on thls paper as follows: of the engineer, one is roi11pe1lt.d to bclluve Recent advnnce~of thc lndustrlal library that the absence of technical and s~~ecialized into the field of practical afhlra furnish ex- training 1s a tierlous druwhnck lo emcimt industrial library work. Hcre, If anwhere. cellent Illustrations of the slmkad of mien- indlletrlal experlenct~Is worth much In Place tlnc niethoda through the nuxillary depart- of 8 narrow training bawd rhlefly won mcnts of modern hr~~lntw.It Is q~restlon- nlethode of mtnlo~lnu. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLIC UTILITY vw. Eng~nrcr~ngRecord, May 29, 100!t 2 VALUATIONS pages. I)c-cision of Iowa Suprc'11ie Court In rcxlation to balualion of gas plitnt for pur- [)oscs of Hying ratcl; go~r~g~iilur; cost of pavetnent. This l~stdoes not includc tl~scussionsof New York City. JVilcou vs. Consol~datcd the desirab~lityand usefulnt~ssof a general G:t% Cu111l1i1n.v. Plt~ntlings,tcstin~on)' ;ind ex- valunt~onof 1111bl1cutilities. It is lin1itt.d to I~ilrits. I'nittd States Suprenif~Cor~rt. Octo- accorlrlts of valuatlc~usaclunlly made and to 1)c~rtclrm, l!IOS. fi olunws. Plciadlngs; 2-4, dlscusslo~isof nirthotls that sho111tl lic c.ni- Trstimon) ; Exhibits; Llr~clfs plop-cl in niitking valont~onswith particulr~r h11 test of ollinion of I'n~trdSlates Su- I c~fcrc~nceto rate making. [werue Court In \\'rlcox vs. Consolidated Gas ~ineral Conip:iny Antc~rican Gas Light Journal, Jxn. 15, 100!L Ra~lroads

3 p:lwS, \'nlrlnlion of terminal lands. .Tohn ETI-1 1lnkc.1'. .Journ:il of Accountancy, Aug , 1!lO!l. 1,; pilgfts. Ilrl~oitof thr con~mittecon railroad taxes and 11liins lor nscertaining the fa~rvaluallon of railmad Iroperty Sntional Assomtmn of liniln-a) Co~nnliss~oners.1909. I3 pages. Michigan. Ynlualion of railronds idhlich- ignn. SIicSbi~:~nl'nu C'oin~~i~~sionws'Krport. 1!tllll, 1111. M-70 : 1 !M2, 111). 50-70. Il;111uayc*nllital :inti vnluc-s. Railnay nnd l.:nrinen.ing Rcb\ic\r,, Dw.Lli, l!)IIS.. 1111. 1017- 10.IIl Michigan rn~lroad vnluntion dc- scrillvd. IS\llc'rt ialuiltlon of rnilnny and othcr cor- ]wr:~tc. ~~lop('rlyin llichigan. Engineering Se!\s. Ikc. 211, 1000. 21: Imges. M~nnesota. Sll]ii)lmlrnt to the annual report of the Ra~lrondand Warehouse Com- III~S~IOIIof thc SIale of N~nncsotn for thc year cbnding Sov. 30, 19118, embod)~ngthr 1tq111rtof thr appra~salof the rallway prop. wties of the State of Minnesota. 1909. 166 pnres. Yalui~lion of rallroad 11rolwrlv in 3lin- ncsotn. A. S. Culltar Enginews' Socictv. Year Tlnok, I!nivers~ts of Minnesota. 1908. 1111. li9-77, T'riliiatmn of railways, with qwcial rrfer- cnre lo !lie physical valuation in Minnesota. Snlnucl 0.Dunn. .lournal of Polit~calEcon- on)\-. ~pri~.innn. IG pages Llinnwota railwav vnlnntion. G. 0. Virtue. Qunrterl! Journal of Econon~lcs. hlny, 1909. t; pages. Texas. Method used by the Railroad Comn~isslonof Teuns, undt'r the stock and bond law In valuing railroad propcrtlcs R SPECIAL LIBRARIES

A. Thompson. Proceedings American Insti- trolt. Mny 23, 1899. Journal of the Common tute of Civil Engineers, Jan., 1904. 37 pages. Council, city of Detrolt, 1899. pp. 346-55. United Stater Government. City of Spo- Hel~ortson valuation of Detroit property. kane. Wash., et al. vs. Northern Pacidc Rail- Electric Railway Journal, Nov. 20, 1909. Dec. road Company et al. United States Inter- 25, 1909. 11i pages. state Commerce Commission reports. No. New York Clty. Third Avenue Railroad va. 879. Feb. 9, 1909. v. 16, pp. 376-426. Dis- New York State Tax Commlsslonera. Ex- cusses reproduction cost of Northern Padflc tracts of testlmony, exhibits, ctc., from v. 1. and Great Northern. Considers Increase In 2, 3, 1908. 2065 pages. Typewritten copy. rand values and surplus as affecting fair Valuation for purpose of franchise tax ae- value for rate purposes. sessrnent. Washington. Findings as to value of rail- Al)l)raisal of physlcal property of the Coney roads and other facts. Wnshlngton Railroad Island and nrooklyn Railrond. Electrlc Rail- Commlssion report. 1907-8. pp. 41-51,121-119. way Journal, Sept. 11, 1909, 2-pages; Sept. Original cost and cost of reproduction of 18. 1900, :!i page; Sept. 25, 1909, 2 pnges; the Northern Paciflc Railway in the State Oct. 16, 1909, 2 pages; Nov. 27. 1909. 1% of Washington. Englneerlng-Contracting, 1)ages; Dec. 4, 1909, 1 page; Dee. 11, 1909, 1 lt Jan. 12, 1910. 3 pages. pages; Dec. 25, 1909, 7:Y1 pages; Jan. 15, 1910, Wisconsin. Method used by the Rallroad 1 !:! ])ages. Commlssion of Texas under the stock and Valuatlon'of Brooklyn Rapid Transit RYR- bond law in valuing rallroad propertles. R. tem. Electrlc Railway Journal, Jnn. 22, 1910, A. Thompson. Proceedings American Insti- !4 page; Feb. 5, 1910, fy, page. tute of Civil Engineers. Jan., 1904. 37 pages. Cleveland. Physical value schedula of hre See p. 353 for discussion by William D. Tay- Cleveland Electric Railway Company, 1908. lor on Wisconsin rallroad valuation. Street rallwny settlement in Clevelnnd. The appraisement of the physlcal value of E. \V. nemls. Quarterly Journal of Econo- Wisconsin rallways for the purpose of ,taxa- mlcs, Aug.. 1908. 33 pages. tion. W. D. Taylor. Eagineering News, Valuation of the Cleveland Electrlc Rail- March 31, 1904. 1!4 pages. wny. Electrlc Railway Review. Feb. I, 1908. Report by Prof. Wl~liamD. Taylor, Engl- 3 pages. neer to the State Board of Assessment upon Testimony In Cleveland valuntlon. Elrctrlc the appralsal of the physlcal propertlea of Railway Journal, Nov. 13, 1909. 414 PaKen: Wieconsin rallways for year ending June 30, Nov. 20, 1909, 314 pagrs; Dec. 4, 1909, :h 1903. See report Wlsconsln Tax Cornmls- 1)ase: Dec. 25, 1909. 1 I:? pnges. slon, 1907. pp. 269-423. See also pp. 92-96. Wirccnrln. Report of appralsal of the phva Appralsal of physical propertles of Wls- cal ~)rol)ertiesof \Cisconsin Street Rallwaya consin railroads for year ending June 30, by Wlllinm D. Pence, subniilled to the Wls- 1908. William D. Pence. Wisconsin Tax consin Tar Commission for ycw endlng June Commlsslon. Report, 1909. pp. 121-31. 30, 1908. See rq~ortWlsconsln Tax CommI8- sion, 1009. 1111. 135-179. Street Railwayr Telephone Appraisals of electric railway properties. Electrlc Railway Journal. Oct. 31. 1908. :.V, Marsachusettr. Report to Ihc M~ssachu- page. Abstract from an address by Prof. D. setts Hlghway Commlsslon on th~results C. Jackson before the New England Street of the Inventory and apl)ralsnl of thr ~rrop- Railway Club. erty of the New England Telephone and Tcl. Appralsals of railroad properties. Dugald egraph Company. Ihgald C. Jackson. hlnrch, C. Jackson. Street Railway Bulletin. Nov., 1909. I8 pnges. 1908. 5 pages. Vali~alionand taxntlon of telephone rom- Chicago. Unit price, valuation and coet es- pnnles in ?IIlchi~nn.W. J. Hlcc. Elcctrlcnl timates. Bion J. Arnold. Report on the engi- World. Ft.1) 2, 1901. :I pages. neering and operating features of the Chicago Wlcconsin. F:. E. Pagne et nl. vs. Wl~ron- transportation problem. Nov., 1902. 1111. 182- in Telrphone Conlpnny. Wiaeonxin Itullrond 237. Commi.ssion. Aug. 3, 1909. 70 j)aK(% Arnold, Rion J. and others. Report on the Water Supply values of the tanglble and intangible properties of the Chicago Railway Company and Appraisal nnd drl)rcclntlon of walcr works the Chicago Union Traction Company. Dec. md sjn~llnrprol)ertl(% I'al~er and discus- 10. 1906. 3 v. sion. Willianl 11. llrynn. Journal A~8nci~lion Arnold, Bion J. and Weston, George. Re of Engineering Soclctles, lk% 1907. 46 port on the physlcal propertles and intangi- pngcs. An emlencic~d dlsc~~sslonof methods ble values of the Calumet Electrlc Street of nppmisal. Railway Company and the South Chicago Water works valuntlon and falr rates in Clty Rallway Company. March 18. 1908. 3 v. the light ot thr Mninc Sol)remc Court d(-ci- Detroit. Report of the Street Railway Com- slons In the M'ntorvillr and nrunswick rasen. mission to the Detroit Common Council on L~onnrdMetcalf. An~erlcnnSociety of Civll the valuation of the street railways of De- En~inerrs.Procrrdln~~ Ort.. l!)OR. 73 pnjws. 4 SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Financial questions In water works valua- Current References. tions. John IV. Alvord. n.d. 11 pages. \\'ater works appraisal Ilnrns & Mchn- City Plan. First tentative report of the ndl. Engmeering ,Record, May 8, 1909. 1 hietro~)olitanCon~~nisslon, Metrollol~tan Park page. 3. Conmission, city of hIilwaukee, 1909. 14 Sotes on going ralne and nictllod for its pagee. Plans of civic center, sktltchcs, etc. Sw-ond 'I'tm1:ilivc I:eport Sarnc. (i pages. coniputation. John I\'. Alvord. American I:elmrt of I.'rldc-l !rk Lnw Otmst~ndand John Water \\'arks Assocration. June, 1909. 96 h'olcn on snlnr. 7 pngrs X~~~at~l~nrhootlCrnttw bIvtronol~tan Park pages. Colnll~i~sion.Samc as 2nd ~entntkc1:vport Alabama. A water works appraisal at Mo- Civlc Publications. C~vic events, Mer- lie A Engineering Scns. April 23. 1903. chants' and Manufacturers' Association, Mil- 2:Ll pages. waukre Colorado. Rel~ortof th~l3oard of Agpmis- Forward. Indianapolis Commercial Club. rrs and Arbitrators constituted by the terms Wealth. Des Moines, Greater Des Moines of a ccrltlin ngreenimt between the cltv of Committee. 1)cwver and the 1)envt.r Unlon Water Com- Commission Government. Selected arii. pany, mi. 4 paws. cles. Debaters' handbook series coml~lledby Iowa. Strang(& case of water works ap- E. Clyde Robbins. The H. W Wilson Com- 11raisal. Engineering Record, Agrii 17, 1909 pany, Alinneapolis, 1909. Gives ed~torials, Valuation for city 1)urchase of the III'O[)- art ~clesand bibliography. crty of the IVaterloo (Iowa) 1) ater IVorks nibliography prcgarcd by the legisla(ive Cornl)anv. A. Jlarston. Engineering News, reference department, Scw York State Li- Aim1 22. 1909. pagc3s. ra! y. 1910. Unl~ublfshed. Massachusetts. The appraisal of th~Glow Panlphlet from the Comnlercinl Club of crster !\ater works. Engineering Record, Dt~sMornes. 32 pages. The law and the or- Aug. 19, ISD!). 2 pages. ganlzation of the government. New York C~ty. Acqrmition by Scw iork Divorce. Court jurisdiction. Rhode Island City of the larger two water systenis of Stale Library, 1910. Cnpubllshed cornpila- Staten Islantl. 1-ouis 1,. Tribus. Amw~can lion of laws relating to jurisdiclion of courts \\'n(rr Works Association, 1909. 33 Iragcs. over divorce cases. Highways. Wisconsin. Report of the spe- Tennessee. Abstract of Supreme Court de- cial legislative coninii ttcr Madition, 1910. clsions ir~the Kno\nlle nntcr caw. Elec- 46 pages. Contains rrport and draft of pro- tricnl \Yorld. b'eh. 11. 1909. 112 pages. For posed Lil~ a copy in full of this decision see 212 IT. S. 1. Homesteads. Nass~chusetts. Report of Texas. Report on water works rates and the Homestead Commission nlr1)oinled to in- val~~ationat San Antonio, Tex. Engincer~ng vestlgate the advisability of acquiring lands News, Sept. 25, 1902. ?, page. and aidin4 colon~zalion from tl-e cities on, Wisconsin. Gcorg~IY. Hill et a1 vs. An- homesteads. Majorltj and mlnority reports. tigo \Vater Company. Wisconsin Railroad I3oston. 1910. 21 pages. Conirnission, Aug. 3, 1909. 1155 ]]ages. Gcn- lndustrial Edtxat~on. Report of the coni- era1 d~bcussion of methods and princrplrs tn~tteeof the American F~deralionof 1al)or. of valuat ion. 1910, fS pages. Grves labor's attitudc and a This list wi:l be supplemented each month summary of laws and opinions. by referenres ~rnder valuation in Public lndustrial Education and a State Policy. IWlity Curreut References in Special Libra- Address by Arthur D Dean, chief cf the di- ries. ny rilpprnp and adding td~eserefer- vision of trades schools, New York Depart- ences the list will be al~aysup to date ment of Education, before the Sational Sa- riety for the Promotion of Industrial 1Cduca- PUBLIC AFFAIRS, NOTES AND REFER- tlon. 3lllwaukee. Gec. 3. 1909. Albany, 1910. ENCES 16 [)ages. Sunln~aryof legislation concerning indr~s- trial education in United States, [)rel)ared by Prof. Ednard C. Elliott for the American As- sociation for labor legislation. Ilec.. 1909 Rokert Campbell has been appointed so- 16 pages. Gives a concise statement of prog- ciology librarian in the California State rcss to date. Library and will enter upon his new work Insurance. Federal supervision of insurance, by George F. Seward. President of the June 1, 1910. He takes the positlon formerly Fidclity and Casualty Company of New York, filled by Ernest Rruncken, who entered the 1910. 86 pages. Contains draft of a n~odel Copyright OWce in the Library of Congress a law for the District of Columbia for casualty few months ago. Mr. Campbell is a graduate conipanles. and fellow In economlcs of the University Legislative Investigations. Compilation of of \Vlsconsln. He has been employed on information concernlng legislatwe investiga- special work by the Wisconsln Tax Com- tion~now in progress. Legislative Reference mlssion Department, Tndiana, 1910 Published also in SPECIAL LIBRARIES the American Political Science Review, Feb., rates, assessed vbluation by wards. 1894. 1910, notes on current legislation. 1909, etc. Le~lrlative Reference. Addresses before \Vhere the money comes froni and where the Ohio State Board of Commerce, Sov., the money goes. Edwin Hlnkrl, Clty Clerk, 1909; Ohio State Library, Jan., 1910. 16 city of hfllwnukee, 1909. Leaflet. Analysis pages. Advocates establishment of a legis- of tax rate and distribullon ther~of. lative reference department, bibliography. Taxrtion-Masrachuretts. Report of the Legirlative Reference Llrts. Virginia State Conlmlssion to investigate the laws relating Library, 1910. 46 pages. Contains reference to taxntlon. Boston, 1909. 80 pages. Legis- lists on bank examiners, fee system, juvenile lative dorument. Considers the question of courts, liquor question, munlcipal home rule, a classiflcatlon of property for the purposes oyster industry, primary elections, protection of taxation. of birds, taxatlon and tuberculosis. Taxatlon-Indiana. The flrst annual TRX- Llquor--County Option. Senator \\'infield payers' I3ulletin. J. I,. Peetz, State Stntlu- R. Gaylord, Social-Democrat party. hlilarau- ticlen, Indianapolie, Dec., 1909. kee, 1909. Township Trusteer-lndlana. A summary Liquor-Indiana. Compilation of statistics of the flscal duties of township trusters. of the county-option law in Indiana. Anti- State noard of Accounts. Indianal~olls,1910. Saloon ~eag~eof Indiana. lndlanal~olis.Jan., 64 papcu. . Gives flscal duties of thin inllmr- 1910. Mimeograph. Clves statistics of elec- tnnt local officer. dons, saloons affected, etc. Uniform Laws. American unlforn~ com- Milwaukee. Industrles of h1ilwaukce: 1909 lnerclal acts prepared by the conmissioners year book; Merchants' and Manufacturers' on uniforni laws, 1910. 253 ])ages. Contains Association, 1909. 176 pages. Wholesalers' the uniform bills on negotiable instruments, and retailers' directory, views of city, indus- stock transfer, sales, wnrehotlse rrcelpts and trial buildings, etc. bills of lading, with desrriptive matttar. Mining. Special message of Governor De- Vctoes-llllnolr. Veto messages of Gov- neen of Illinois, submitting the rel~ortof Ihe ernor Charles 5. Deneen of Illlnois to the Mining Investigation Commission. Spring- Forty-sixth General Assembly, Sl)ringfleld, fleld, 1910. 7 pages. Comnlission was np- 1909. 51 pages. Conlains forty-two veto pointed to investigate causes of mine accl- nlessnges. In most cnses accon~l)nnledby the dents and report bills embodying thelr rcc- opinlon of the Attorney Crneral. ommendation. Vetoes-Pennsylvania. Veto nlessngtw of Oil Inspection. Uniforn~oil inspection. Ad- Governor Ston'rt of Pennsylvanin. Harris- dress of C. D. Chamberlain, giving views of burg, 1909. 286 11agc's. Contalns 123 vcto the National Pelroleunl Associntlon. Clcve- messages. Each act vetoisd Is set forlh in land, 0. 26 pages. full. Old Age Pensions. Report of hlassnchu- Virginia Lcgl8lation, 1776-le62. Indcx to setts Commission. noston. 1910. 500 paces. en~olledhllls, 1776-1862 S~~pwinti~ndcwtof 1.cgislative investigation authorized In 1908. Public PI luting, 1908. 941 pagcu. Prrliminary report rnadc to the session of Workmen's Compensation. Report of At- 1909. lantic Clty conft3rence. 11. \'. Jlerctlr, Stwe- Public Officials' Magazine, Indiannpolls. tnry, ~linnriq~olis,Minn. 819 pages. Prictl First issue Jan., 1910. 128 pages. Devoted 30 cents. Give8 the full report of I he confer- to the public service of Indiana. ence of the commissions of hllnnesota, New Public Utlllties. State supervlslon and reg- York, ISisronsin and others on cnij~loyers' ulation of quasi-public enterprises. Address IiabIlity and workmen's compensation. of John Franklin Fort, Governor of New Jrr- sey, before the conference of Governors. INSURANCE NOTES AND REFERENCES Sel)arately published, Jan., 1910. Pure Food. Successful Commerce. N. \\'. Aver & Son, Phlladelphla. 1910. 112 pages. Gives editorla1 oplnion advocating 11nlforn1it.v The lnst~ranrr Soclrty of Nrw York, R4 of Stnte food laws wlth the Federal law. Wllllan~strwt. New York, reports in its Inl- State Police. Digest of laws reliitinq to (.st bulletin the folloalng interesting data State police. Prepared by tlic 1.c.aislative concerning ilx Ilbrary and the use madc of Reference Department, Rhode Island State It. \\'hole nulrrl~erof I)ooks In the Iil)rary. Library. Unpublished, Jan.. 1!)10. ?.Oil : 1 Isltors to 11braly during Stwtcwil)~ Taxation-Milwaukee. Diqest of Taution, and Ortobw, 84. Thc total men~berkhil)of Edwin Hinkel, City Clerk. city of Milwaukee, the society is now ovisr 360. It ~)rrbllshcsa 1909. 192 pages. Budgets, tax laws, deduc- bull#~tin,u hlch ~OCRto sonic 450 ~)eople. tions, comparative statlstlcs with six citles The Insurance 1,il)rary Associallon of nos- nearest in size. ton began in Sove~~ll~or,1909. the JIII~IICR- Aasessed valuation. tax levy and rates. lion of a llbrnry 1)ullt~tln. A lcatling fealore Edwin Hinkel, Citv Clerk, city of hlllwnukce, of this br~llrlinis tho ~~ul~llcntionof ah index 1909. 11 pages. Contalns tax rntes for city. of currclnt Iltrrat~~rcbrelntlng to flrv innur. state and county. and school rntee. spccial nnce and ri.l~tc>dsubjects. It is ~~roposed SPECIAL LIBRARIES aleo to publish in the bulletin from time to Boaton, Mass. Discusses value of llfe Insurance time Special reference Hsts and bibliograph- mortallty statlstlca In aldlng health movement. iea. industrial Insurance.. ~ --~ Industrial-- ~-~ ~~ ~- Insurance. Current Reference& Lee K: ranke el, manager of the Industrial Amalgamation-Life Insurance. Address Department. Metro~olitan Life Insurance by Alfred Hurrell, counsel insurance de- Company. Paper read at the meeting of the partment, New York. Suggests principles National Conference of Charities and Correc- for reinsurance. tions, Buffalo, N. Y., June 11, 1909. 11 pages. Education. Study courses in insurance. Presents certain phases of industrial insur- Bulletin of the Insurance Society of New ance bearing on social problems. York; E. R. Hardy, editor; vol. 1, No. 6, Jan., Legislation. Life insurance and leglslatfon 1910. Gives in full outline course of study in 1909. Robert Lynn Cox. Report submit- in insurance adopted by the Insurance Insti- ted at bi-monthly meeting of the Association tute of Great Britain and Ireland: the Insur- of Life Insurance Presidents, hew York, N. tute of i or onto, ~anadaithe Aetna Y., June 4, 1909. 8 pages. Reviews life in- rance Company: the Ohio State surance legislation in forty-tnree states and University; and the -~rmourInstitute (fire territories of the Unlted States and of the protection engineering). Chicago. Dominion of Canada. Fire Insurance. Proceedings of the thirty- Recent developments in the life insurance flfth annual convention of the Fire Under- business. L. G. Fouse, President, Fidelity writers' Association of the Pacific. J. P. Mutual Life Insurance Company, Philadel- Moore, Assistant Secretary. San Francisco, l~hia. Publications of the American Acad- Cal. Contents: emy of Political and Social Science, Nov.. Apportionment and contribution undcr non- 1909. 6 pages. Effect of life insurance legls- concurrent pollcles. WIIIInm Scxton. lation enacted in recent years. Adjusting of Ilre lossrs as a l~uslnens. Henry FTnll~ A weekly summary of legislation on insur- Callfornla standard form of flre Insurnnce ance for each state and territory of the oollcv. The historv of Its ndo~tlon. J. C. United States, arranged alphabetically by Etlucatlon of thc local Arc insurance agent. States. The Weekly Underwriter, Pu'ew York. R. J. Hyland. Gives titles of bills and enactments, notices Iielnforccd concrete In building constructton. of committee hearings, personnel. of insur- wlth blbllography of concl-rte. Chnrles Derlrth. Rent. lensehold use and occupancy, nnd proflt ance committees. Insurance. C. C. kinneb-. Life insurance reform in new York. Wil- State rnte-maklng In-fire insurance. Anon liam H. Price, Ph. D., Deputy Comm.sdoner. Underwrltcrs' Laboratorlea, Inc.. Chicago. Georgo N. Robert. IVisconsin Bureau of Labor and Industrial Fire Insurance Engineering. "Quarterly" Statistics. American Econon~icAssociation. of the Natlonal Fire Protection Association. nec.. 1909. 95 pages. Review and criticisms Franklin H. Wentworth, Secretary, Boston, of the Sew York insurance laws of 1906. Mass. Issue for Jan.. 1910. Articles on the Policy Provis~ons-Accident Insurance. The fire waste; flre hazards, and record of flres right to contract vs. legislation to make in full process knitting mills and Are-proof standard pollcy provisions. George F. Sew- buildings. ard. President of the Fidelity and Casualty Health Conservation. Public health prob- Com~)any,1909. 13 pages. Combats some of lems of the nation. Walter Wyman, M. D.. the legislative tendencies and departmental LL. D. Medical Herald, St. Joseph, hfo.. July, rulings of Ihe day. 1909. 14 pages. Development of quarantine Stock Agency Schemes. Board contracts laws; international relations and relation of and stock selling schemes. Robert Lynn the nation to the states in public health Cox. general counsel and manager. Associa- mattcrs. tion of Life Insurance Presidenls, New York. Proceedings of the third annual meeting S. Y., Dec., 1909. 11 1)ages. A synopsis of of the Association of Life Insurance Presi- the laws and rulings of departments relnt- dents, Jan. 19-20, 1910: lng thereto. (1) Report of Llfe Extrnslon Committee of the Association of Llfv Insurance Prcslclentu. Uniform Laws. Proceedings of the third Oeorar W. Idc. Prenldrnt of Home Life Insur- annrlal meeting of the Association of Life ance-~ompnnv Chairman. Dlscllsses steps that Insurance Presidents. .Jan. 19-20. 1910: mlght'he tnkcn to prolong llfe by Insurance (1 Prnhlenis.. .. nrlslnP.~. from corrlllctlna St~tr com~anles. r .- (2) Work of the fedrral government In the la&'nntl dcpnrtmentnlU rulings relntlng' to life mutter of health constmmtion nntl what may 1w in'iurnnc@b. 1,. G. I"ouse. President Fldcslity Mu- done to supplement It. LC'nlter IVgman. M I).. tn~nl T.lfr Insurnnco Cornpan,'. Philntlclphln. Surgeon-Genernl, Il'\'~~shlngton.l3. C., I'rgrs llle cii'es Ztndes of confltcts- In State tnsufnncr Insurance comnnnlea to sunplcmcnt. . so'overnnwnt's ln~sand rullngs. work. (2) I'niformlty of depnrtmmtal rullnw. Conrup H. Novr~.General Counsel. Northwcst- (3) Thc organlzntlon 'of a publlc hcnlth mill- ...... "- --. -- tla In the rausr of preventlw medlrlne. M. J. r rn Mut!tnl ~lie~nshrnnce Conlpnny, Mllwnr~ltw. Roaenau M. D Hnrvnrd Mrdlcnl School. Ros- ~'r~pqStntr lnsurnncc dvr)nrtments. In lnnkln~ ton &-esti& to hnve all cltlzens joln in 1.11llnq'i to consldcr those nmde In other States health movement I. ..nr , ' -:\ - dmartrnentnl-. .. - - vlew of unlformlty. Hon. (4) Latent powers of life Insurmw compnnien John A. Hartlgnn. Insurnnec Commlsslnncr, Mln- for the detection nnd prevention of dlsensc~ nvsota insurnnrr depurtments handlrnpptl bf E. W. Dwlght. M. D, New En~lundM~~tunt I.Ife. SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Valuation of Securities. List of ~ecnrlties Hod~es& Stevens.-Replies to cdltorlal in held by insurance companies. with valua- Engineering Sews of lbc. 12, 1907, on tech- tions Axed as of Dec. 31, 1909, contracted for nical works in public I~brarics.Eng. Sews, and adopted for use by the Comm~tteeon Jan, 16, 1908. Valuatlon of Securitie~of the Nntional Con- Hunltin~.H. R'.-Pr11)Hc library from the vention of Insurance Commissioners. Sew 1)usiness man'y point of tiew. Pub. I~ib. York State Insurance Department, 1909. 471 13: 335, 19fl8. pages. List of securities is classified and Kcogh. A -English technical hooks in a nub- alphabetically arranged within each classifl- Iic library. Pub. 1,ih. 5.321, 1:lOQ. cation 'of insurance department. Kraegcr, A. 13.-Place of the 1ll)rarv In tech- Workmen's Insurance. The Stnte insur- nicnl education I.il). Jour. 30:352, 1805. ance of Germany. Madge C. Jenison. Harp Lancnster. A.-Public Hlmries and technical er's hfagazine, Oct., 1909. 8 pages. Outlines clducatlon. IJ1) 2a10:l, IS90. system for protecting the laboring class In Mornlngst~rn,\V. 13.-Trchnical department sickness, accidents, old age and invalidism. of the Stlwark Public 1Jl)rary. Lib. Jour. Life insurance and the moral obligntion of 8.1 : I n4, 1Son. employers. Address delivered at the tenth Oglr, J. .I.-Itrlationship of the pulillc 11- annual meeting of the Sat~onalCivic Fetl- 11rnry rorn~i~ittwto othcr t~tlr~rational eration, Nov. 23. 1909. by Ihrwin P. Icings- 1)otlic.s. 1,il). i : 129, lS9:l 1kicril)es FXp ley, President of the New York Lifc Insur- lish systcm of coq)oraling with schw~ls. ance Company, 14 pages. Porn\-, A,--Fncto~.).stntiolls. 1,ll). .To~lr.38.88, TECHNOLOGY NOTES AND REFER- I nos. ENCES Savage. E. A.-Dilfic~~ltl~sin thr solt~ction JOSRPII L. WHEEI.EI1. l'VI11.1C I.ll3RART OF nlPTIIIYT of sricmtiflc anti tc.chnical books. 1.111. OF m.rhtulA, L-IIA~ICNASOF TI:L-IISIII,- Assn. Rec. 10:162, 190nR. DOT LI~RAIIIES ~~~I~IITT):E Stcb\cns. 15. F-lndustrlR1 litcmt~~rennrl the At the Pratt Institute Free IJbrary in industrial p111)lic at Ihrh I'ratt Tnstitl~te nrooklyn, where lor ;he past five years the Free 1.ihrary. 1,Il). Jo11r. 34:!K, 1909 Applied Science Room has becn niaintnincvl St ewn~~t..I. r).-Tc~hn~calcduc:~tl~)n and pub- as a reference headquarters for men cnqagrtl lic Iilmries in Englnnd. 1'111). Li11 ln:-!:S. in technlcal work, the head of that dtlpart- 1905. ment, Mr. Edward F. Stevens, has been a])- \\'risl~t. P R-Tlis lihmry and thr mcchnnir. pointed Libmrian to succeed 3Ilss 1. E Lord, 1,iI). Jmr. 3 I : .32, 1909, who had been nsked to take chargcl of the 13\omestic Arts Schools of Pratt Institote. llr 1)onnld Hendry, who has c~\crl~tioni~l~IIZI~I- fications in reference ~ork,a mnn of \I itiv general experience and observation. ant1 a graduate .of the Pratt Li1~rar.y School, has come to take Mr. Stevens' ])lac(* ill the Iccll- nicnl del~artment. Selccted References on lndustrlal Libraries and Departme~ts. 1. Industrial Del~artmentsin Ptrblic 1,ibaries. Arnold, S. F.-Value of the public library to workingmen. Pub. Lib. 125, I90i. nailcy. A. I..-How shall it hell) the working- man? Lib. Jour. 39:lI)S. 1907. nrlrgess.-. C. F.-Technical and scicwtific books (in public libraries). Arncr. Arch. 77:13, 1902. Crnver. H. W.-Su~~l)ls and use of lechnicnl books. Lib. our. -31 : 721, 1906. Dana, J, C.-I3nsiness nlan and the 1il)rnry. Pub. Lib. 5:202. 1900. Evans, G. H.-Aids to thc technical and industrial worker (nrooklyn). Lil). Jour. 34:lOO. 1909. Foss, Rankin & Wc1lnian.-lndrrstrial possi- bilities of public librarlos. noston Clobc. Feb. 2, 190s. Abstracted In Lib. JOII~. 33 : 100. 11, 1909. Foster, W. E.-Use of a ~n~bliclilnary by nr- 1,ee. G. W.-Jlc~tllotls of llling and ind(1sing. tisans. Lib. Jour. 13:1F8, 1S9S. I'.l'xct. Tr.?r. \\'lily, Sov, 2s. 1907. Thlh \\.Xi Cnrvin, E.-Use of industrial collc.ctlons at incorporatetl Into Jlr. 1~~'s]~nnll)lllt~t ( S('rb the Providence P. I,.. A 1, A. Conf. 1Ptlli:7fi. abov~.) SPECIAL LIBRARIES

Murphy, J L.-Filing system of the New Electrolysis. Damage by electrolysis; York I3oard of Water Supply. Eng. News, what Eurol~eancities do to prevent losses. Aug. G, 1908. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports, De- Perr~go,0. E.-F~ling system for technical cember, 1909. 2 gages. information. Am. Machinisl, hlay 9, 1!107. Finance-Street Railway. Boston. An- Van Valkenberg, II. L.-Decfnial classiflca- nual report. Doston Elevated Railway tion for indexing electrical engineer~ng Conil~any. 1009. 21 pages. data. Electl. Rev., Aug. 22, 1908. London. Tramway accounts, with report Voge, A,--Suggested clnssificatlon for chem- by the chief offlcer of tramways. London istry. Lib. Jour. 34:301, 1909. County Council. 1008-9. Wagemaker, I.-Filing systems (correspon- Franch~se-Street Railway. Cleveland dence, catalogs, clil)pings). 13ookkecper, Latest Cleveland ordinance. Electric Rail- Aug., 1908. way Journal, Feb. 5, 1910 1 page. The articles by P. n. IVrlght and U. B. I)eu llo~nes. Rel~ortof the legal dellart- blowy, also thc l~arill~hletby Mr. Lee, cnn 11t> mcnt to tlir City Council of the city of Ues sul)lrlicd by the ch:~irnlan of thr coni~u~ttw. Mo~nesand prolrosed ordinance to the 1)es PUBLIC UTILITY NOTES AND REFER- llolnc~sCity 1inilwa.v Cu111l1an.v Jan 3, 1910. :',-IIlagcss ENCES It~rhnlond. In thtl ~natterof modiflcalion of the strcvt rnil\vny franch~sesin Hich- tnond. I'lrginia Railwtry and Power Coni- The JVeekly Digest, publishrd by the Ililny. .Ji~n 10. 1910. P4 pagcs. Library of the Coiiimonuealth Etl~sonConl- Grade Crossings. Grade rrossings If .I. ~ritny,of Ch~cago,is an irldcr to inll~ortanl I'fcifcr. Railroad Age G:ru>tte,,DOC. 31, 1909. articles in current ~~er~~dicnls,giving I~rief L' IlRRf'S annotations. Thc subjtvts sflcclcd arc Rap~dTransit. Sew York City. Transit mainly electrletil, but inc~lude i~nytliingot ~~~ol~leri~of Sew l'ork. Sc-w York Ewning interest to a largc cantral stallon rlect~~cityI'osl. I!)IIF). 20 Ilages. R(q11'1nt of a series sulrlrl>- cornpany. The rni~tcrinlis arrr~ngcd ot artlclcls in the Sew Tork ISvc~nlngPost. under subjcct headings siniilar to thos~in Rates. Ila~lroad. Railway freight ~'illes the Engineering Index. e. g., Alitomol)~les, th~Itlgnl, ecor~o~nicand nrcotmting prlnci- CentM Stations. Electric Railways, IWel, plos In\olved in thc>ir judic~::l drtc~lm~~iln- Gas Engines, Illumini~tion,Rates, Ytnlistics, t on. .\Iiiurice ti. ltoblnson. Yule Kc\iew, Transnlission, etc. I'ndw the heading, Miu- Aligl~st,1!111!1. 32 llagcs. cellaneous, a few nrticlvs of gvnernl in1t.r- Strwt Ilall\vtty. I\linnc~~pol~s.11. S Su- est are noted. It indexes ahout eighty i11i1g- prcSme Court tlccision ~iullifying1Iinnrapolis azincas, including the 1)clst tc~chiiicaljou~wll\ low f:lw ordinance. I~ClwtlicH:l~lway Jour- of Anierlca mid a few English oncs. All 11i11. ,li111 1;- l!llO. 2li pages. magazines indexed arc ill thv liI)r.ary arid Ra~lroad. ITn~tc~tlSlntcbs Govcmrnent. always :~va~lal)lc~.llclng liniitcd in scol~c~.Conflir~ing dut~cs or the Intc~hlate Corn- it is able lo sul111ly more fullje 11s 11i1rt1~111i1r 11ic1'cc~Coi~~nlission. 11. T. S(~\vconil).Sorth requirements and to covcr 1iiow roniplet~ly A~riciHi Octotr l!!. 1 t pages its specin1 ficlld thmi is ~~ossil~leith tlicl ilail~.oad. \\'ashingron. Oriynnl coqt and largcr indexes cost or rcl~rotluctionot rhr So~tl~rl-111':wilir Its object is to bring to th~!iittcWion of I I in I I of \\':sliiiton En- the officials and e~nlrlovesall ~~rriotl~cnl:IP gitlcc.ri~i~-Cont~'actlng,Jan. , l!IlI) :< ticlrs which have any bcvrrinp on tlic b~si. 11aqc5. ness of the con1l)an.v; it is thcrc~farrr~s(bful Signals. Sccond nnnrlnl report of hlock lo any siiiiil;~~~coni1mn). The 1,itlrnr) is s~gnnl:1r1t1 tra~n control Lonrtl. IT. S 11itt~- now sending tlic T'hgost cmA1 weck to -1X stnltl Co~iirlli.rcc C'onin~~ss~on.l!III!I $13 cmploycs, besitles furr~~shirri:sc1veral IIIIII- 1l:lgC's t1rc.d copies n wcv.k to otllc~comllnnies Thv Smoke. Grr'at 13ritnln. I e:al i~sl~c~lsof snl~srriptionprice is $2.00 n Seirr. Spvci:tl the sn~olal nt~isaucv. C' 15 1lri1ckcnl)ury ralos are giwn to ronilranic-s ordering fifty .lo~rrn:~lor C;IS I.iglit~ng. SoI, l!! .I or niorr col~icsn wcvk. The Ihgest is pre- LllL.~es pa~wl 1)~'Kilt' \ltwle IIowzo. I.iI~rsriiin, Street Railway. S(T\kc.. Sv\v York. ICY- Coini~~onwealthEdisnn Conipany Ir~1~~ilry.IIPI i~iicvlt of Ii~i~iLiiig1111ii1I)er or passe~ig(~rs 18!1 Adrms strwt, Chicago. on C:IIS nl~nntloncvl In Allmy Elt~clr~c Current References ilaToni1 J 2,I! 21 i Irngcs. Telephone. AI~~I~Iicnn Tc~l(~lr1ione :u~d 'I'f.1- ibg~-al~llPo John Jlootly. .\Toody's hli1g;i- I S~fiilr!I 4 pngc3s. Valuation. S~I~PS011 ROlIlR \nlutl :mtl ~i~c~tliotlfor its conilrl~ti~tion.John \\' Al- \'old A~~lc~~icari\\'atclr \Yorks Assori:ition. .1111i(~,1!111!1 9G 11:rgt~s. Iteprint ot ~I:I]WI d(11[1 tl~scus~~on