Jonas Waldo Smith receives 1925 Washington award commission

The Commission of Washington Award for 1925 was voted to Jonas Waldo Smith, Consulting Engineer for the Board of Water Supply, New York City. Presentation of the award was made at the 55th Annual Dinner of the Western Society of Engineers, Chicago, June 3, 1925. The award was made to Mr. Smith “For the rare combination of vision, technical skill, administrative ability and courageous leadership in engineering.” Following a wide experience in similar fields, Mr. Smith, in 1905, was made Chief Engineer of the world´s largest water works, the additional supply for the City of New York from the Catskill Mountains. Up to 1917 this project involved the expenditure of $175,000,000 for work performed on schedule time and this was at a cost of about $9,000,000 less than the original estimates.