THE NAME OF THIS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMERLY

AMERICAN STREET RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

ORGANIZED AT BOSTON, MASS., DECEMBER 13, 1882

REORGANIZED AT PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEPTEMBER 27, 1905

UNDER THE NAME OF

AMERICAN STREET AND INTERURBAN RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

THE NAME OF THIS ASSOCIATION IS NOW

AMERICAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

(CHANGE MADE AT 1910 ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION)

J. B. LYON COMPANY, PRINTERS

ALBANY, N. Y.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Officers, 1911-1912 (Officers of the 1911 Convention)..

Officers, 1912-1913 (Elected at the 1912 Convention).

Committees, 1911-1912.........

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Presidents of the Association since Organization.

Conventions of the Association since Organization.

Officers of the Assooiation since Organization...

1912 Convention Program...

Registration at the 1912 Convention..

Minutes of the 1912 Convention (Tuesday Session)

Address of the President.....

Annual Report of the Executive Committee..

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Annual Report of the Secretary-Treasurer..

Discussion, Selection of San Francisco as 1915 Convention City.. 107

Address, “Finances," by Geo. B. Caldwell..

Report, Committee on Subjects..

Report, Committee on Company Membership.

Report, Committee on Individual Membership..

Paper, "Water Power Development and Its Relation to Public

Utilities," by J. E Hewes..

Minutes of the 1912 Convention (Wednesday Session).

Report, Committee on Education...

Report, Committee on Insurance.

Report, Committee on Company Sections...

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Discussion, Report of Committee on Company Sections.

Report of the AERA Advisory Committee..

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150

Report, Committee on Constitution and By-Laws.

153

Report, Committee on Relations with Sectional Associations.... 155

Discussion, Report of Committee

on Relations with Sectional

Associations....

155

Report, Committee on Public Relations.

156

Address, "A Policy of Publicity," by Arthur Warren.

159

Report, Committee on Welfare of Employees....

166

Discussion, Report of Committee on Welfare of Employees.... 175

Address, "Arbitration in Australia," by J. S. Badger.

183

Appointment of Committee on Nominations..

190

Appointment of Committee on Resolutions.

191

Minutes of the 1912 Convention (Thursday Session).

192

Report, Committee on Compensation for Carrying United States

Mail...

192

Discussion, Report of Committee on Compensation for Carrying

United States Mail..

199

Minutes of the 1912 Convention (Thursday Session) — (Continued)

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Report, Committee on Taxation Matters.

Report, Committee on Joint Use of Poles..

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231

Paper, "Milwaukee Fare Case," by R. B. Stearns..

234

Report, Committee on Determining the Proper Basis for Rates

and Fares.....

245

Report of the Committee for the Study of the Best Methods of

Collecting Variable Rates of Fare..

295

Address," Electric Railway Securities," by Morrell W. Gaines.. 296

Address, "Automatic Rate Regulation," by Oscar T. Crosby. 307

Address,Shares of Stock without a Par Value," by Andrew

Cooke....

Report of Committee on Federal Relations.

Reprint of Report of Railroad Securities Commission....

Resolution, Recommendation Appointment Committee on Elec-

trolysis...

Report, Committee on Nominations.

Election of Officers....

Installation of Officers..

Report, Committee on Resolutions..

Contributors to Discussions..

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325

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Constitution and By-Laws.

373

List of Member Companies (arranged alphabetically).

381

Member Companies (arranged according to States).

Members (Individual) (arranged according to States)..

443

457

Summary Index of Reports of the American Street Railway Associa-

tion....

561

Summary Index of Previous Reports of the American Street and

Interurban Railway Association. . . .

575

Summary Index of Previous Reports of the American Electric Rail-

way Association..

579

General Index..

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(Officers of the 1912 Convention.)

PRESIDENT:

THOMAS N. McCARTER,
President, Public Service Railway Co.,

NEWARK, N. J.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT:
GEORGE H. HARRIES,

President, Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power Co.,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT:
CHARLES N. BLACK,

Vice-President and General Manager, United Railroads of San Francisco,

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT:

C. LOOMIS ALLEN,

President, Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Co.,
SYRACUSE, N. Y.

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT:

C. L. HENRY,

President, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
SECRETARY-TREASURER:

H. C. DONECKER,

29 WEST THIRTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS AND

P. S. YOUNG, Comptroller, Public Service Railway Co. (President
American Electric Railway Accountants' Association), Newark, N. J.
E. O. ACKERMAN, Engineer, Maintenance of Way, Columbus Railway
and Light Co. (President American Electric Railway Engineering
Association),

Columbus, O.

H. K. BENNETT, Claim Agent, Fitchburg and Leominster Street
Railway Co. (President American Electric Railway Claim Agents'
Association),
Fitchburg, Mass.

J. N. SHANNAHAN, Vice-President and General Manager, Newport
News and Old Point Railway and Electric Co. (President
American Electric Railway Transportation and Traffic Associa-
tion),

Hampton, Va.

(Elected at the 1912 Convention.)
PRESIDENT:

GEORGE H. HARRIES,

President, Arkansas Valley Railway, Light & Power Co.,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

FIRST VICE-President:
CHARLES N. BLACK,

Vice-President and General Manager, United Railroads of San Francisco,

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT:

C. LOOMIS ALLEN,

President, Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Co.,

SYRACUSE, N. Y.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT:

CHARLES L. HENRY,

President, Indianapolis & Cincinnati Traction Co.,

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT:

JOHN A. BEELER,

Vice-President and General Manager, The Denver City
Tramway Co.,

DENVER, COLO.
SECRETARY-TREASURER:

H. C. DONECKER,

29 WEST THIRTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS AND

J. H. NEAL, Auditor, Boston Elevated Railway Co. (President American Electric Railway Accountants' Association), Boston, Mass. MARTIN SCHREIBER, Engineer, Maintenance of Way, Public Service Railway Co. (President American Electric Railway Engineering Association) Newark, N. J.

C. A. AVANT, Claim Attorney, Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co. (President American Electric Railway Claims Association), Birmingham, Ala. DANA STEVENS, Vice-President, The Cincinnati Traction Co. (President American Electric Railway Transportation and Traffic Association), Cincinnati, Ohio