efforts in behalf of the Association I am sure you all appreciate, and the success which has crowned these efforts, and the long line of past presidents, is one which fills the mind of a new incumbent with some embarrassment, based on the idea that there is a standard which must be upheld.

As to this Association, I feel strongly that it has a great work to do, that its meetings are not merely a pleasant vacation, that it is not called together merely for the purpose of reading and discussing papers, but I believe in the complex relations which are continually coming forward as between the municipalities and the State governments and the street railways, that much is to be gained by concerted action. Certainly in Massachusetts we have benefited very greatly from the fact that our street railways have pulled together for what they know was right, and they have succeeded, after a struggle covering many years, in obtaining a settlement which I suppose looked at from all sides could be called a fair settlement of the relations of the street railways with the community. I hope that the trial which is being made here of this new plan, by which the oppressors of the street railways in a great many communities have been shown by an act of the legislature how far the street railways are liable to perform work which is not in the line of street railway practice, and by which the street railways themselves are compelled to pay a portion of their receipts for the benefit of the highways will be useful to all concerned. It seems to me that all this work which has been done is instructive and is the beginning of a proper recognition of our industry over the whole country. I assure you, gentlemen, when I first went into the street railway business, particularly in the operating department, I was perfectly appalled; it seemed to me I was in an unlawful business, and everybody was down on the street railway, for it was hampered and troubled by one requirement and exaction after another, and when we made complaints, the answer to it all was: "You are in the public streets, you encumber the streets, and you must pay for it." How much better it is to know what we have to pay for than it is to be put to such payment as may devolve upon us in the judgment of some subordinate street department official in some municipality. I think in such ways as that, and in this matter which was taken up the other day, of the mail service, simply in having our case presented, in order to get proper recognition, the Association has a field, perhaps greater than any it has yet filled, and I can only say in closing that so far as it lies in my power to further the work of the Association and benefit the interests of street railways, I shall certainly do so. I thank you very much, gentlemen, for the honor. [Applause.]

President Lang-I now declare the newly-elected officers to be duly installed and take pleasure in handing to President

Sergeant the gavel of the Association, with my best wishes. [Applause.]

President Sergeant-I believe that the Constitution of our Association provides that the newly-elected officers shall enter upon the performance of their duties after the adjournment of the annual meeting; but as it seems that some duty is now to be forced upon me, I suppose for that reason a motion to adjourn would be in order.

ADJOURNMENT.

Mr. Goff, Fall River-I move you, Mr. President, that we do now adjourn, to meet in Chicago in 1899.

The motion was carried and the meeting adjourned.

EXHIBITORS.

There was and could be only one opinion concerning the Boston exhibit. It was an unqualified success from every point of view. Every natural advantage of space, light and air conspired to make it so. The exhibits were of an unusually attractive nature, and were shown to good advantage. There were many unique and expensive displays; and there is no question that all the exhibits received more than usual attention from the delegates in attendance at the meeting. All the supplymen expressed themselves as well pleased with the outcome of their efforts in providing these displays, which have become such an important part of the conventions.

There was a new feature introduced at the meeting this year in the shape of a Bureau of Information. This was presided over by Mr. R. H. Derrah, of Boston, and a number of able assistants. Anything that anybody wanted to know in connection with the meeting or the city could be learned at this bureau; and no item of information or assistance desired was too small to receive careful and prompt attention. Mr. Derrah earned and received the sincere thanks of the delegates and supplymen by his untiring devotion to the business of the bureau. As is customary, we append a list of the exhibitors.

Adams & Westlake Company, Chicago.

American Mason Safety Tread Company, Boston.

American Rail Joint and Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, O.

American Railway Supply Company, New York.

American Wheelock Engine Company, Worcester, Mass.

Anderson Manufacturing Company, A. & J. M., Boston.
Ashton Valve Company, Boston.

Baltimore Car Wheel Works, Baltimore, Md.

Barbour-Stockwell Company, Cambridgeport, Mass.
Barney & Smith Car Company, Dayton, O.
Bemis Car Box Company, Springfield, Mass.
Beverly Machine Works, Beverly, Mass.
Bibber-White Company, Boston.

Billings & Spencer Company, Hartford, Conn.
Bliss Manufacturing Company, R., Pawtucket, R. I
Boardman-Tucker Company, Boston.

Boston Artificial Leather Company, Boston.
Briggs Carriage Company, Amesbury, Mass.

Brill Company, J. G., Philadelphia.

Brown, Harold P., New York.

Burdett & Johnson, Boston.

Burrowes Company, E. T., Portland

Cambria Iron Company, New York.

Chase & Co., L. C., Boston.

Christensen Engineering Company, Milwaukee.

Cleveland Frog and Crossing Company, Cleveland, O.
Columbia Fare Box Company, Tottenham, Ont.

Columbia Machine Works, Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Consolidated Car Fender Company, Providence, R. I.
Consolidated Car Heating Company, Albany.

Cook's Sons, Adam, New York.

Corning Brake Shoe Company, New York.

Creaghead Engineering Company, Cincinnati, O.
Crosby Steam Valve and Gauge Company, Boston.
Curtis, John C., Chicago.

de Witt Company, E. F., New York.

Diamond State Iron Company, Wilmington, Del.
Dixon Crucible Company, Joseph, Jersey City, N. J.

Electrical Review Publishing Company, New York.
Electrical World, New York.

Ellis, W. F., Boston.

Evans, W. R., Portland, Me.

Falk Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wis.
Forsyth Brothers Company, Chicago.

Gallison Company, Boston.

General Electric Company, Boston.

Gold Car Heating Company, New York.

Graham Equipment Company, Boston.

Ham Sand Box Company, Troy, N. Y.

Hampden Corundum Wheel Company, Brightwood, Mass.
Herrick, A. B., New York.

Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Company, Boston.
Hipwood-Barnett Fender Company, Boston.

International Register Company, Chicago.

Johns Manufacturing Company, H. W., New York.
Johnson Company, Lorain, O.

Kimball, James L., Boston.

Knitted Mattress Company, Canton Junction, Mass.

Lakin Company, J. A., Westfield, Mass.
Lyte Steel and Lead Woven Tread, Boston.

Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, Boston.

McCardwell, West & Co., Trenton, N. J.

McGuire Manufacturing Company, Chicago.

McLewee, F. C., New York.

McRoy, J. F., New York.

Meaker Manufacturing Company, Chicago.

Mica Insulation Company, New York.

Morris, Flmer P., New York.

Morse, Frank N., Boston.

Newcomb, F. H., Borough of Brooklyn, N. Y.

New Haven Car Register Company, New Haven, Conn.

New York Car Wheel Works, Buffalo, N. Y.

New York Switch and Crossing Company, Hoboken, N. J.

Norton, A. O., Boston.

Nuttall Company, R. D., Allegheny, Pa.

Ohio Brass Company, Mansfield, O.

Ohmer, John F., Dayton, O.

Pantasote Company, New York.

Pearson Jack Company, Boston.

Peckham Motor Truck and Wheel Company, New York.
Pennsylvania Car Wheel Company, Pittsburg, Pa.
Pennsylvania Steel Company, Steelton, Pa.
Pettingell-Andrews Company, Boston.

Railway World, London, England.

Reed, J. D., Boston.

Ridlon, Franck C., Boston.

Robinson Electric Truck and Supply Company, Boston.
Rochester Car Wheel Works, New York.

Rooke Register Company, Peoria, Ill.

Safety Third Rail Electric Company, Boston.
Sampson Cordage Company, Boston.

Scott Spring Company, Charles, Philadelphia.
Shawmut Fuse Wire Company, Boston.

Sherburne & Company, Boston.

Springfield Manufacturing Company, Bridgeport, Conn.
Standard Underground Cable Company, New York.

Stanley & Miles, Whitman, Mass.

Stephenson Company, Limited, John, New York.

Sterling Supply and Manufacturing Company, New York.

Street Railway Journal, New York.

Street Railway Review, Chicago.

Sweet, D. C., Springfield, Mass.

Swift, W. H., Boston.

Taunton Locomotive Works, Taunton, Mass.

Taylor Electric Truck Company, Troy, N. Y.
Thayer & Co., Boston.

Van Dorn & Company, W. T., Chicago.

Van Wagoner & Williams Company, Cleveland, O.

Wadsworth, Howland & Company, Boston.

Wagner Electric Manufacturing Company, St. Louis.

Walker Company, Cleveland, O.

Weber Railway Joint Manufacturing Company, New York. Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Pittsburg. Wharton, Jr. & Company, Incp., William, Philadelphia.

Wheel Trueing Brake Shoe Company, Detroit, Mich.

Wheeler Car Seat Company, Chicago.

Williams Truss Rail Joint Company, Chicago.

Wood, C. N., Boston.

Woodman Manufacturing and Supply Company, R., Boston.