Analysis of agreements on. History of scale of wages on three months, nine months and one year maximum basis. Of employes in maintenance and operating departments. Of trainmen. Reduction in other industries. Welfare Work: Benefit associations Cooperative wage dividend fund. Experience of industrial companies in. For electric railway employes. In manufacturing concerns. Pension systems. Profit sharing. Wood Preservation. APPENDIX E-3 Lists of Data Sheets sent out by Association during Year 1921-1922. Total number is 13; eight of which were sent out by Committees. Aug. 9, 1922 592 100 APPENDIX E-4 List of Circular Letters or Telegrams Requesting Information Sent Out by Association During Year 1921-22. October 13, 1921, Circular letter requesting information on Regulation of School Tickets. October 27, 1921, Letters sent to four large manufacturers requesting data on Material Prices. November 7, 1921, Circular letter to railway companies requesting Rate of Wages for various Classes of Employes other than trainmen. November 14, 1921, Letters sent to railways in Cities having an Ordinance Regulating Jitneys requesting a copy of the Ordinance. November 30, 1921, Letter sent to a group of manufacturers requesting data on Use of Various Types of Fare Boxes. December 10, 1921, Telegram sent to group of Companies operating under 10-cent Fare requesting Effect of 10-cent Fare on Finances. January 9, 1922, Circular letter requesting suggestions or criticisms on the work planned by the Committee on Education. January 16, 1922, Letter sent to State Commissions and several railway companies requesting copies of State Laws Regulating Motor Buses. January 18, 1922, Telegram sent to twelve large railways requesting information on Labor Turnover. March 1, 1922, Circular letter requesting Operating and Financial Statistics for the Calendar Year 1921 and 1920. April 10, 1922, Letter sent to companies having in effect Weekly Pass Tickets requesting Statements with figures of Use of Weekly Pass. May 3, 1922, Telegram to nine large railway companies requesting total number of One-man Cars Operated. May 8, 1922, Letter sent to the Secretaries of the State Public Service Commissions requesting copies of Engineering Specification covering Overhead Line Construction and Overhead Wire Crossings adopted by the State Commission or Legislature. May 10, 1922, Circular letter requesting data on General Welfare Work of Railway Companies. May 13, 1922, Letter sent to the Secretaries of the State Public Service Commissions requesting copy of State Public Utility Laws. May 17, 1922, Letter sent to State Public Utility Commissions on Motor Bus Tax Laws. May 24, 1922, Circular letter sent to companies operating One-Man Cars exclusively, requesting information on Manner of Keeping Light from Interior of car from being Reflected in Vestibule Windows. May 25, 1922, Letter requesting information on Employe and Customer Ownership Plans. July 12, 1922, Letter sent to a group of manufacturers requesting list of cities in which One-man Cars are operated. July 14, 1922, Circular letter to State Highway Commissions requesting data on Life of Highways. July 15, 1922, Letter requesting information on kind of Trolley Pole used in connection with High Speed Electric Service. July 24, 1922, Letter requesting information on the Use of Larger Trolley Wheels. July 27, 1922, Letter sent to Pennsylvania companies requesting extracts from their franchises covering Paving Requirements in connection with Swathmore Case. July 27, 1922, Letter to two large manufacturers requesting list of Automatic Substation Installations. August 9, 1922, Request for Statement of Amount of Expenditures for Materials and Supplies. August 17, 1922, Circular letter requesting information on the Requirements of the various Commissions as to the Installation of Safety Devices on One-man Cars. August 29, 1922, Circular letter to railway companies requesting present Scale of Wages, Working Conditions and copy of Labor Agreement. September 7, 1922, Circular letter requesting experience of companies operating One-man Cars with regard to Trouble due to the Breaking and Burning of the wires leading from the Motors to the Cables. PRESIDENT TODD:- The next order of business is the Report of the Treasurer, Mr. Barron Collier, of the Barron G. Collier Company. It may be of interest to the Association membership to know that our Treasurer, Mr. Collier, is today being installed as a Deputy Police Commissioner of the City of New York so that he cannot be with us, and in his place Mr. E. C. Faber will read his report. (Mr. Faber presented the report.) REPORT OF THE TREASURER To the American Electric Railway Association: GENTLEMEN: In accordance with provisions of the Constitution, I wish to present herewith to you the annual report of your Treasurer. The Constitution provides that the Treasurer shall be responsible under the direction of the President and the Executive Committee of all funds of the Association, and shall disburse these funds in accordance with a prescribed method. I am very glad to report that the finances of the Association are in excellent condition. An audit of the Association's accounts has been made by certified public accountants engaged by the Auditing Committee and I beg leave to submit herewith their latest report for the nine months of the Association year, ending July 31st, 1922. At that time the cash net bank balance was $55,056. The total receipts for this period amounted to $173,219.00, of which $142,654.00 were for dues. The corresponding expenditures for this period were $104,951.00 making the net income $68,267.00. Adding this to the surplus existing November 1st, 1921 of $2,372.00, there was available on July 31, 1922, a surplus of $70,640.00. Owing to the fact that the Association year, however, does not end until October 31st, it is not possible to present a financial report for the year. We have secured, however, an audited cash bank balance of our account up to September 30th, 1922, and the amount of this balance is $77,038.01. I wish to call your attention, however, to the fact that the major portion of the Association's expenditures result from the holding of the Convention and Exhibit. As a result the principal bills of which the Association will yet be called upon to meet have not as yet been received. In other words, while our cash balance reflects a very gratifying condition of our treasury it represents practically the total available income which the Association will enjoy for the remainder of the Association year. Out of this must come whatever expense there shall be over and above the income derived from sale of space accruing from the holding of the Convention and the putting on of the Exhibit by the manufacturers, leaving a substantial balance in the treasury. Following the custom in the past the final audited report for the twelve-month period ending October 31st will be published in complete detail in the Proceedings of the Association.* Respectfully submitted, See appendix to Treasurer's report. BARRON COLLIER, |