Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1928, Page 26

AUSTIN B. FLETCHER DIESATHONE ERE Noted Engineer Is Victim of i~ Pneumonia. Following Cleveland Trip. Austin Bradstreet Fletcher. nationally fknown consulting engincer for the Eunited States Burcau of Public Roads. partment of Agriculture, died of Spneumonia at his residence. reet, Chevy Chase, Md., yesterday ntracted a cold while on a business Btrip to Cleveland, which brought about is fatal illness. Mr. Fletcher was 56 vears old and a tive of Cambridge. Mass. He was raduated from the Lawrence Scien- fic School of Harvard University, re- iving a B. S. degree in 1893, For sev- %.n vears he was secretary and execu- ftive officer of the Massachusetts High- $way Commission. one of the earliest of the State highway departments, H Held Ofiices in California. £ In the Summer of 1916 he was se- Hected by the Secrct: of Asriculture a in drafting e carrying into effect the road act. From 1309 to 1919 te highway engineer of Cali- Mr. Fictcher became director of the lifornita Department of Public W When it was created in 1919. a positior held until . In the mer of he latter vear he served as consulting gaogineer for the New England rail com- pittee. & bodv made up of ves of ux New England £ He had served in the pos lting engineer for the United States jureau of Public Roads since July. P24, merican Society of Civil Engineers. ¢ American Society for Tesiing Ma- § Mr. Fletcher wes a membeor of the snxls. the Boston Soc ty of Civil En- ineers. the American Association of ate Highway Officials, the Association ternationale Permanente des Congres 1a Route and various other engineer- g societies: a fellow of the American fassachusetts Society of the e American Revolution and of the Calif BAR ASSOCIATION g MRS N | B (g Lawyers‘ Group Also Attacks' Office. 1 Transfer of Recorder’s | Resolutions urging the appointment | | of First Assistant United States Attor- Iney Leo A. Rover to the post of United | States attornev for the District and op- {posing the Zihlman bill to transfer jurisdiction over the office of the re- corder of deeds from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia to the District Commissioners were passed at a meeting of the Washington Bar Association last night. | A copy of the first resolution will be sent to President Coolidge. who is con- !sidering _candidates to succeed Maj. Peyton Gordon. recently appointed to the Supreme Court bench. The reso- lution declared it the sense of the as- sociation that “the best interests of this community, and more particularly the orderly process of law enforcement. will be best served as far as the vacancy in said office is concerned” by the ap- pointment of Mr. Rover, A. B. FLETCHER. Francisco and the H Club of New York © He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Fletcher, and a daughter, Mrs Lawrence H. Chapman of Sacramento, Calil. Puneral sorvices will bs con- auctes yson's ¥ 'S, e Il bveon s DuneralipRrlors 1300 | aminiatraticn o SATiu: (G, SFfroe, ro- oclock. | Interment will pe e Bestor. | “order of deeds. recited that “certain X " local interests are opposing the re- corder breause of his refusal to favor cortain_changes. which_he, trained ex- ard Engincers’ 59 ADDED TO ROLLS. adunte Gn Fitted eedical g ves Examined Dr. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist In accordance with its campaign for new members, the names of 59 clectr contractors, dealers and man- ufacturers of the District of Columbia were submitted for membership in the Electric Leaguc of Washington at its meeting last nighu in the Potomac | Electric Power Co. auditorium. The list of prospective new members was | contained in the formal report of R. P. | Harrington. membetship committee chairman. Dean Gallagher. manager of the league. reported that 121 “red seal” electric installations had been made in Washington houses and _apartments since the standards of electrical equip- ment for dwellings were established | throughout the country 10 months ago. | The work had been inspected and the official awards had been ma Gi lagher said Phone Main 321 400110 Mebachien Ride. 100h and 6 Nta N W Ve Way to Hold Lower | FALSE TEETH Firmly in Place . Do fale teeth annos and’ bother by The second resolution indorsed the | TAR, WASHINGTON, B C. FRIDAY, MARCH 9. 1928, perts and experienced employes regard as detrimental to the work of his of- fice,” and opposed the attempt to change the status of the office as pro- vided in the Zihlman bill. A copy of the resolution was ordered sent to the |appropriations and District committees of ‘both branches of Congress. T ACCOUNTANTS NEEDED. There is room in the District for | good accountants, C. 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