4-Officers and Executive Committee. 5-Committees to Report to Forty-second Convention GENERAL AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS PAGE XV xvi xvii xviii xix PAGE 1-Address of MAYOR BACHARACH 2 4 4-Report of the Acting Secretary S A SEWALL 5-Report of Insurance Expert W H BLOOD, JR 6-Report of Chairman of Rate Research Committee ALEX DOW. Discussed by FRANK W SMITH CHARLES R PRICE RH BALLARD 13 16 17 23 7-Report of the Special Joint Committee on Deter mination of Power Factor in Polyphase Circuits Discussed by PHILIP TORCHIO New York 8 The Electric Truck in Modern Transportation By E E LASCHUM Discussed by WH BLOOD, JR Boston New York E Pittsburgh SECOND SESSION-TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919 PUBLIC POLICY SESSION 1-Report of the Committee on Sale of Company Securities to Customers and Resident Citizens WH HODGE, Chairman.. Discussed by 51 2-Report of Public Policy Committee W W FREEMAN, Chairman . 3-Report of National Committee on Gas and Elec tric Service JOHN W LIEB, Chairman New Bedford, Mass 111 112 THIRD SESSION-WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1919 1-Report of Treasurer FRANK W SMITH . 2-Appointment of Nominating Committee 3-Report of Membership Committee WALTER NEUMULLER, Chairman 4 Report of Committee on Company Sections FRANK A BIRCH, Chairman 5-Report of Committee on Constitution and By Laws WCL EGLIN, Chairman 6-Appointment of Committee on Memorials 7-Planning for Power By GEORGE OTIS SMITH Discussed by 113 117 119 122 131 133 133 135 136 138 139 149 150 152 153 3-Remarks of PAST PRESIDENT W C L EGLIN 5-General Discussion on Company Sections 154 157 FOURTH SESSION-THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919 1-Report of Committee on Safety Rules and Accident Prevention W CL EGLIN, Chairman 2-Report of Sub-Committee on Accident Prevention. CHARLES B SCOTT, Chairman 3-Report of Lamp Committee FRANK W SMITH Chairman Discussed by JOHN W HOWELL LOUIS A FERGUSON S B CUSHING M S SEELMAN 188 192 236 4-The Electro-Chemical Industries By JOSEPH W 5-Report of Committee on Memorials TE BIBBINS, Chairman 294 6-Report of Committee on Form of Annual Report 302 310 312 9-Appointment of Committee to Consider Relations between Employer and Employee Discussed by W CL EGLIN A S LOIZEAUX Philadelphia 10-Report of Committee on Resolutions. 11-Report of Nominating Committee 313 314 314 INDEX TO AUTHORS ARMBRUST, G M Distribution Engineering Economics (Doherty Prize Paper) BACHARACH, HON HARRY Address of Welcome BIRCH, FRANK A Report of Committee on Company Sections 323 2 The war affected Company Sections perhaps to a greater extent than it did any other department of N.E.L.A. work. Thirty-seven Sections disbanded; seventeen temporarily suspended activities; while but nineteen are still active. Only one new section has been formed in the last two years. An amendment to the Constitution to provide for a limited class of membership in Company Sections and to afford a more dignified status for Class B members is advocated. A large number of active Sections is the present need. Dragnet methods of soliciting membership should be abandoned and Association membership should be allowed to stand on its own merits. Tendency to form local employees' clubs should be offset by more liberal provisions for membership in Company Sections. Sub-committees for the assistance of Company Section officials have been organized. An engraved charter which will be sent to both new and old Sections is in preparation. Report of Insurance Expert 122 17 332 157 23 136 188 97 BLOOD, WH JR Report of Public Policy Committee FREEMAN, W W 51 LASCHUM, E E The Electric Truck in Modern Transportation 37 LIEB, JOHN W Report of National Committee on Gas and Electric Service 102 MCCLELLAND, RJ Report of Special Joint Committee on Determination of Power Factor in Polyphase Circuits 31 MEYERS, W J Report of Committee on Form of Annual Report to Commissions The report, presented by the Accounting Section, relates the failure of an effort to secure the aid of the National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners in obtaining a reduction of the burdensome requirements of annual report forms prescribed by Public Service Commissions, and gives in detail the resolutions adopted by the Executive Committee of the Accounting Section and sent to the Commissions, emphasizing the necessity for relief. It calls attention to the fact that the Commissions are much more responsive to representations made by the citizens of their respective States than to those made by representatives of an association composed largely of citizens of other States, and urges that the companies of each State actively interest themselves in this matter if they desire relief. 302 |