Caption: Booklet - Engineering Experiment Station and Industry (1909)
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40 Breckenridge—Engineering Experiment Station Breck During tional Purpose January 12, 19 Nelson Amendment enridge-—Engineering Experiment Second Morri Act Hatch Act Adams Act Station First Morrill Act 41 the work now started by its Engineering Experiment Station and should not the engineers and the manufacturers themselves organize to cooperate with the Station in guiding, in protecting and in advancing the researches of the Station in a way that will serve the best interests of this great industrial State? W H A T W I L L AN ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT STATION COST? ACT O 90 w 5. g ~ C D O 03 CD O -3 ~ » • The Illinois Enginering Experiment Station has been in active operation for four years. When it was first started it was a matter of some doubt about the wisdom of some of its tests. Funds were available in excess of the pressing needs. This was fortunate because some expensive equipment was necessary to carry out the plans of the future. This equipment was purchased. As soon as the bulletins of the Station began to appear and engineers and manufacturers became acquainted with the work and the objects of the Station, we began to receive requests for tests far beyond the capacity of the Station. At the present time it is absolutely impossible to take up one quarter of the work which comes to us for investigation. It has always been the policy of the Station not to do any work for pay. The reason for this is evident. We refer many inquiries to the proper commercial parties. We are not running a consulting office. The work we do must be of general interest to a large number of citizens. Some work may, nevertheless, be of special interest to certain groups of engineers or manufacturers. Young industries sometimes need preliminary help; it is good State policy to help them. The expenses of the Experiment Station for the past four years have been as indicated below:— Expenses of Engineering Experiment Station 1903-4 • • • 1904-5 •••• 1905-6 . . . . . . . . 1906-7 1907-8 . . . . 1908-9 . . . . . . . . Total $25,000 25,000 30,000 ^ ^ B CO ~ O P *C tO D ^ p 0 <3* • 00 CO ' ° 00 00 GO U 5 0 f? "^ a w tr P 03 CL €© _ p >-, Or H t r B g ________ $15,00 > 0 9 T3 C D *0 >-« V O ,000 wil •iated 01 J3. *"+ 2 T3 3. C D C/Q p thereaft ,s been a O 00 cfl" CF ., C P D < P P < EL- P P El U' P CD'S 30 for th nual inc e annua 5,000 is C D C D O P Cfl (T, C T3 D ^ p 0 iunt Appropria Expefiir lent 0 x) C D Annum z 0 !Y> i-t for Agric :ion Work 0 t ' — 2 *©o p 1-H Pi*4 Wrf. C _n D X) 0 C M D i—O O p • 0 p p. p _ _ c _F ' > _____ pi C g D O a£g £- ___ „ 15, OC)0for ann ual in the annu $25, 000 w p2 p _, 5'3 >g 1 e for A gricu e for A gricu for En ginee for En ginee rimer Statio Work rimer Statio Work Statio Statio Work ment tation 'ork. VER TY O ' ILL! - 8.&B . ) for t ual in annu 000 is e y< reas .1 a reac P-H3-CD Sg or eac ive nt App gricultu A _. p 0 t r C P O _. O _y* f/). B c 2 a O 3 0 toft'^ Instr : Artb tiey reas 1 a s re p h_ C g D 0 •_ „ & atoi 908 a $5,00( priati in 191 i c 0 « t. • P 0 Cia CLT3 € 0 00 2 H O P P ' 0 ° i__ S". 0 p H § ^ O P O • 0 Ml » 2 ' ° B.. £ P p 7* P E* P L su c £3 Sion ; .- . , YEAR ••pa 33>°o° 37,000 IDCOCDCOCOCCCOCDCO »_*(-_(—it-^OO'OOO WMHOCDOO<iaOi *T\ g P ............................$150,000 w O O O O O Q ^ M O O ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T3 C D > rop It would have cost three times this amount to have done this work if it had been done independently of the educational work of the College of Engineering. It is clear to the writer that the Station has demonstrated its ability to organize, plan, execute and publish work of great value to the State. It can be trusted with much greater work and it will be better done in the light of past experience and better facilities. The problems in hand and before it for solution involve expense. Some problems must extend over several years in time. Three quarters of all the problems which the Station will investigate will relate to the conservation of the resources of the \Z^ O t-r W 0 03 0 0 0 D-. Annual Appropriation for Agricultural Experiment Station Work Annual Appropriation for Instruction in Agricult ure, Mechanic Arts and Allied Subjects Total Annual Appropriation >1 .tion i Accordance ssed I—. :ts Af •S » roved C \P 000 for 000 for 000 for nsti P 0 arCnrf^^COCOtOtOiO' O O W O O l O O l W O l 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O O O O O Q O O p Dollars rbana, I ino: H- * • ' 1—1 CO CO - 3 o i O* ©1tf^rtMfc* O O O i O O H ^ ^ O l O • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O O ' O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O ft' i3" C6 «
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