O mark the close of the session 191o, the conversation which has been customary for some years was held on Wednesday evening, the r4th of December, in the Independent Hall, Collins Street. It has been suggested, and we think wise, to hold the closing meeting a little earlier because of the school. Included in the first part of the program was a well-selected exhibition of limelight views, all of an artistic character, selected by Mr.
American Institute of Architects - The Relation of Railroads to Urban Development - Washington Convention, 1909. Although the age limit for "Design" is 30, the average age of competitors is only about 20, while for Measured Work and Sketch, the competitors are even younger. The illustrations of the first prize-winning set of drawings (Plate No. 3 and No. q) show the laboriousness of the work.
A USTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
SCIENCE
As there are Institutes of Architects in all the State capitals, and also in New Zealand, as the Dominion is included in the membership of the Association, we feel that the Institute in any city visited should organize well in advance and prepare to present a case for what they should recognized as the noblest and most enduring art - the art of building. We speak strongly so that we can clearly recognize the responsibility that falls on the shoulders of Victorian architects in two years' time. Taking the documents of Congress as a whole, we clearly see that they tend to improve the lot of human existence, and as architects we certainly have our share in this charitable work.
The room in which this meeting was held was "ventilated" only by two small sheets of lead glass hung from pegs in the two windows along one of the side walls. There was a great storm raging and the rain (g inches in just over 24 hours) clattered against those windows. The atmosphere was about the dirtiest we've ever breathed, and at the same time the benefits of good ventilation were preached.
Now these learned scientists would naturally blame the architects for this state of things, and when we find the doctors' room windows in Collins Street, Mel-. We were then informed that some of the students who use these University classrooms always suffer from headaches after attending lectures. Even some of the newer buildings of the University would be better for a little more ventilation, the great hall, to be understood, having next to none.
Planning as applied to Australian conditions, both for towns and buildings, roofing, means to destroy by insects, natural decay, and the forces of nature, this, and a score of other sub-. The section meetings are rarely well attended; but the members present mutually sharpen their intellects, and give the benefit of laborious research to their fellows, and, by the subsequent publication of the papers, to the scientific world at large. We would be ungrateful if we did not express our gratitude to the Sydney people for the hospitality they have extended and courtesies showered upon us.
Garden parties at Government House, harbor tours, inspection of the railway workshops and dockworks, talks, will make Sydney meetings long remembered.
A LONG THE BYE-PATHS
Arriving in Melbourne during the bustling times of the 1980s, he made use of his rare talent in preparing the drawings of the pulpit and wooden interior furnishings for St. Paul's Cathedral and the offices of the Metropolitan Gas Co., which lands part of the Cathedral. At one of the quarries on the former site, the clever way in which a "gutter" is cut between the block to be separated and the "face" to be abandoned caught our attention.
Stone appears to be less absorbent than brick, for absorbing the storm last week through a number of places in the eft. The design should include something distinctively Australian, but it is not determined whether or not the King's head will be part of the design. The size of the stamp is considerably larger than the penny stamp in use in Victoria, while that of N.S.W.
We note that the "Argus" states that "if left to their own devices designers would never dream of omitting an effigy of the head of the realm. Postage stamps of South Australia and Queensland contain effigies each depicting a female could represent head as well as that of the late India and Ceylon have consistently adopted the head, while the Empire's other possessions have used stamps that were unique in some cases.
The claim about "Argus" certainly does not apply to the Empire, much less is it confirmed by the use of foreign countries. We think that the Government has wisely left the motif of the brand to the competitors, and we sincerely hope that the artistic result will be significantly better than. A DISCUSSION on this subject took place at a joint meeting of the Chemistry and Engineering Sections of the Australasian Association for the Advance-.
The relative corrosion of iron and steel depended on the corrosion conditions.
N EW UNION GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, PRETORIA
Buíi8tngs, 1Pretoria, 220 which promises to rank worthily among the noblest buildings of the Empire. The committee rooms, each measuring 44 feet by 25 feet, occupy corners, and are among the most satisfactory portions of the external design; and generally adds material breadth to the whole composition. The dominant elements in each of the blocks consist of the pavilion end bays and the Central Court.
Within these bays are enshrined the chambers of the ministers of state, each 31 feet by 24 feet in the open, with a spacious columned alcove projecting the pavilion. The central court, after each of the end blocks placed axially in both directions, has an area of more than 2,000 feet, directly open to the sky, and is surrounded with a loggia. Although intensely eclectic in feeling, these central courts, with their accompanying loggias, not only impart a feeling of spaciousness well in harmony with the temper of the situation, but their whole treatment promises peculiar satisfaction.
The interest of the architectural treatment externally is mainly in the Eastern and Western blocks. Instead of wall surfaces, clusters of Ionic columns appear at the height of the two upper floors, which certainly at first glance seem somewhat out of harmony with the intervening architecture. Outwardly as well as inwardly there is much display of restraint and sociability; and in the latter direction the impression of the architect's sharp partiality for the early art of the Cape Colony is violently abundant.
For the stalls, beams and bars, the rolling mills of the world will be used for nearly 600 tons. Another road then winds its way beyond the present plan line to the north central entrance on the main floor line, designed primarily for the Governor-General in Council and ministerial purposes. 34; a comprehensive vision of the broad perspective and to appreciate looking beneath the surface of things.
Herbert Baker, the architect, of the heads of various branches of the public works department connected with this great scheme, and of the contractors, I am particularly indebted.
R ELATIONS OF RAILWAYS TO CITY DEVELOPMENT
The problem of forest conservation covers much more than the country's timber supply and the maintenance of the timber industry. If we are to make the cur rivers reliable channels of trade, we must look to the preservation of the forested areas of our mountains. The greatest enemy to river traffic has been the denudation of so large a portion of the wooded lands at the sources of our streams.
The line of transportation development and the growing demand in the country for increased transportation facilities make the rivers and lakes contributors to the prosperity of the railroads. So valuable have they appeared to the railroads of the West that these roads have done everything possible to promote the irrigation policy. These lands are known to be among the richest lands and when recovered they will be among the lands.
It has been proven that with the proper care of soils - their fertility can not only be preserved, but also increased, and instead of de. This is a most attractive branch of the conservation of our resources, which is of the greatest and most general importance. So well do the railroads realize the value of this conservation of soil that almost every line in the country is giving such cooperation as it can to the United States Department of Agriculture and the work of the State to educate the people about it.
Mitch can also be done by methods of mining, and, especially with our iron ore, by preventing the waste used. The implementation of a broad and effective conservation policy must naturally center in the hands of the national government and be taken up by the various state governments. One of the dire needs of reform is the elimination of the smoke nuisance, a menace to the health and general appearance of a city.
The New York Central and the New York, New Hampshire and Hudson River Railroad have inaugurated a much-needed improvement, and sections of these roads and within the boundaries of the City of New York use electricity for traction.
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