I am confident that this Street Railway Convention, the largest and most important, I believe, which has been held up to the present time, with its mechanical and electrical exhibits, and with the important matters which are to come before it for consideration, will accomplish something for the still further progress of this great interest and this great industry. The people of Boston are always glad to welcome these national conventions. Boston has a great electric street railway system. Not only has she one of the very greatest, and, I believe, one of the very best, street railroad transportation systems to be found anywhere in the world, but we have in the suburbs of Boston, in that chain of cities and towns which encircle Boston proper and which constitute Greater Boston, embracing as it does a million people or more within its limits; we have in these outlying cities and towns as well, highly developed systems of suburban and of interurban street railway transportation. I am sure, therefore, that this Association could not have selected a better centre in which to hold its gathering this year, in which to take account of the progress that has been made in electric street railway work during the last year, and in looking forward to the progress that is still to be made, than this city of Boston. I can only wish that your visit may be pleasant as well as profitable, and I can only say in conclusion that if there is anything which the city of Boston, as a corporation, or the citizens of Boston, individually, can do to make your stay here a pleasant one, I am sure that it will be very cheerfully done. I trust in your deliberations on the progress of the interests with which you are associated you will find, as I know you will find, that substantial and material progress in the development of this great interest has been made during the past year; and that you will be able to see before you in the new prosperity, in the wave or period of prosperity which we all believe awaits this country during the next few years, large returns in your street railway business and an inducement for the application of still further capital and still further enterprise for the still greater and more extensive development of this beneficent agency of civilization. [Applause.] THE PRESIDENT-Mr. Mayor, I am sure that I express the sentiments of the members of this organization when I say that we are glad to be with you. On behalf of the members of this Association I tender to you our thanks for the very cordial welcome you have extended to us, and for the interesting remarks you have made. [Applause.] The next order of business will be the calling of the roll. I will say that the executive committee has decided to make a departure in the method of calling the roll. We will consider the roll called by accepting the registration at the door as the evidence of the companies represented and the gentlemen who represent them. In that way we will facilitate our business. (The various registers showed the following persons to be in attendance at the meeting:) DELEGATES OF MEMBERS. (ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO CITIES.) These gentlemen were in attendance at the meeting representing companies that are members of the Association: ALLENTOWN, Pa..... A. F. Walter, Sec. and Treas., Allentown and Lehigh ALTON, III. ATLANTA, Ga.. 64 Valley Traction Co. ..Jilson J. Coleman, Dir., Allentown and Lehigh Valley Traction Co. J. F. Porter, Pres., Alton Ry. and Ill. Co. H. H. Harrison, Elec., Alton Ry. and Ill. Co. . Ernest Woodruff, Pres. and Gen. Man., Atlanta Con- J. Carroll Payne, Vice-Pres., Atlanta Consolidated St. Thomas Elliott, Chief Eng., Atlanta Consolidated St. N. W. L. Brown, Elec., Atlanta Consolidated St. Ry. Co. BALTIMORE, Md.....F. L. Hart, Gen. Man. and Chief Eng., Baltimore City Pass. Ry. Co. ....P. O. Keilholtz, Elec. and Mech. Eng., Baltimore Consolidated Ry. Co. . J. M. Christopher, Mast. Mech., Baltimore Consolidated Ry. Co. BATTLE CREEK, Mich. L. N. Downs, Pres. and Gen. Man., Michigan Trac tion Co. BATTLE CREEK, Mich. E. Hope Norton, Vice-Pres., Michigan Traction Co. Dee Allen, Sec., Michigan Traction Co. "F. I. Griswold, Supt., Michigan Traction Co. BAY CITY, Mich.....W. R. Morrison, Asst. Gen. Man., Bay Cities Consoli 66 dated Ry. Co. R. S. Ashe, Supt., Bay Cities Consolidated Ry. Co. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. .G. Tracy Rogers, Pres., Binghamton R. R. Co. BOSTON, Mass.... 66 44 46 44 46 66 J. P. E. Clark, Man., Binghamton R. R. Co. William A. Bancroft, Vice - Pres., Boston Elevated Charles S. Sergeant, Second Vice-Pres., Boston Elevated .. John T. Burnett, Sec., Boston Elevated Ry. Co. .R. H. Derrah, Executive Clerk, Boston Elevated Ry. Co. ...John Balch, Asst. Eng., Boston Elevated Ry. Co. Bridgeport, Conn.. Andrew Radel, Pres. and Gen. Man., Bridgeport Trac tion Co. ..George H. Sanford, Dir., Bridgeport Traction Co. BRIDGEWATER, Mass. George A. Butman, Treas., Brockton, Bridgewater and Taunton St. Ry. Co. .A. B. Williams, Dir., Brockton, Bridgewater and ..A. C. Ralph, Supt., Brockton, Bridgewater and Taunton Horace B. Rogers, Gen. Man., Brockton St. Ry. Co. .. John P. Morse, Dir., Brockton St. Ry. Co. .A. L. McDonald, Paymaster, Brockton St. Ry. Co. BROOKLYN, N. Y.... Martin Conway, Contractor, Brooklyn City and Newtown R. R. Co. . Clinton L. Rossiter, Pres., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co. Ira A. McCormack, Gen. Supt., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co. J. H. Van der Veer, Supt. Motor Dept., Brooklyn David S. Moffat, Mast. Car Builder, Brooklyn Heights Walter M. Barnaby, Acct., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co. BUTTE, Mont. .Albert L. Johnson, Pres., Nassau Elec. R. R. Co. . Robert Dunning, Mast. Mech., Buffalo Ry. Co. .W. Caryl Ely, Pres., Buffalo and Niagara Falls Elec. .C. K. Marshall, Supt., Buffalo and Niagara Falls Elec. . George Chambers, Supt., Buffalo Traction Co. Jesse R. Wharton, Gen. Man., Butte Consolidated CAMDEN, N. J.......G. Genge Browning, Treas., Camden and Suburban Ry. Co. W. E. Harrington, Gen. Man., Camden and Suburban Ry, Co. CHARLESTON, S. C.. F. D. McEowen, Sec. and Treas., Charleston City Ry. Co. CHICAGO, Ill.. " 44 46 ..A. S. Bayer, Dir., Charleston City Ry. Co. T. W. Passailaigue, Gen. Supt., Charleston City Ry. John Farson, Pres., Calumet Elec. Ry. Co. H. M. Sloan, Gen. Man., Calumet Elec. Ry. Co. G. W. Knox, Elec. Eng., Chicago City Ry. Co. C. E. Moore, Mast. Mech., Chicago City Ry. Co. J. J. O'Keefe, Clerk, Chicago City Ry. Co. Walter V. Penington, Clerk, Chicago City Ry. Co. John M. Roach, Second Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man., James R. Chapman, Man. Elec. Dept., North Chicago . John Millan, Mast. Mech., North Chicago St. R. R. Co. ..James R. Chapman, Man. Elec. Dept., West Chicago W. Frank Carr, Eng., West Chicago St. R. R. Co. CINCINNATI, Ohio.... Bayard L. Kilgour, Elec. Eng., Cincinnati St. Ry. Co. CLEVELAND, Ohio........John Ehrhardt, Asst. Sec., Cleveland City Ry. Co. CLEVELAND, Ohio... Henry J. Davies, Asst. Sec. and Treas., Cleveland Elec. Ry. Co. ...W. G. McDole, Aud., Cleveland Elec. Ry. Co. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A. L. Lawton, Gen. Man., Colorado Springs Rapid Transit Ry. Co. COLUMBUS, Ohio..... W. F. Kelly, Gen. Supt., Columbus St. Ry. Co. .P. V. Burington, Sec. and Aud., Columbus St. Ry. Co. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. W. S. Dimmock, Gen. Supt., Omaha and Council Bluffs Ry. and Bridge Co. DAYTON, Ohio.......George B. Kerper, Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man., People's DERBY, Conn.. " 44 64 DETROIT, Mich.. Ry. Co. .George B. Kerper, Jr., Asst. Man., People's Ry. Co. H. Holton Wood, Pres., Derby St. Ry. Co. B. W. Porter, Gen. Man., Derby St. Ry. Co. William J. Clark, Asst. to Pres., Derby St. Ry. Co. J. C. Hutchins, Vice-Pres. and Treas., Detroit Citizens' ELMIRA, N. Y........ James B. Cahoon, Gen. Man., Elmira and Horseheads Ry. Co. FALL RIVER, Mass.. Robert S. Goff, Pres. and Gen. Man., Globe St. Ry. Co. ་་ ..George W. Palmer, Jr., Elec. Eng., Globe St. Ry. Co. FINDLAY, Ohio......George B. Kerper, Pres., Findlay St. Ry. Co. .Charles D. Kinney, Treas., Findlay St. Ry. Co. . Charles F. Smith, Supt., Findlay St. Ry. Co. GALVESTON, Texas.. F. W. Fratt, Supt. and Eng., Galveston City R. R. Co. GIRARDVILLE, Pa...E. W. Ash, Gen. Man., Schuylkill Traction Co. ...C. A. Bragg, Dir., Schuylkill Traction Co. GLOUCESTER, Mass.. W. B. Ferguson, Pres., Gloucester St. Ry. Co. H. E. Reed, Supt., Gloucester St. Ry. Co. J. F. Little, Hamilton St. Ry. Co. V. H. Waggoner, Elec. and Mech. Eng., Hamilton St. HARRISBURG, Pa.... Frank B. Musser, Gen. Supt., Harrisburg Traction Co. Elmer M. 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