OF THE American Electric Railway 1922 TRANSPORTATION LIBRAR UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CONTAINING A COMPLETE REPORT OF PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC RAILWAY ASSOCIATION 8 WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. THE NAME OF THIS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMERLY THE 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 TABLE OF CONTENTS Officers 1921-1922 (Officers of the 1922 Convention). . . Officers 1922-1923 (Officers elected at the 1922 Convention). Personnel of Committees, 1921-1922. Program of 1922 Convention.... Minutes of Tuesday's Session (October 3, 1922) Annual Address of the President... Annual Report of the Executive Committee. PAGE V vii ix XV I 7 Minutes of Wednesday's Session (October 4, 1922) Report of Committee on Membership, Company and Associate 177 Report of Committee on Constitution and By-Laws.. 182 Report of Committee on Cooperation with State and Sectional 210 Minutes of Thursday's Session (October 5, 1922) Minutes of Thursday's Session - Continued: Report of Committee on Maintenance and Construction of Highways..... Report of Committee on Electrolysis.. Address by the Hon. Carl D. Jackson.. Address by Marcus A. Dow..... Report of Committee on Resolutions.. Contributors to Discussions. Summary Index of Previous Proceedings PAGE 346 347 348 358 363 366 370 American Street Railway Association.... American Street and Interurban Association. American Electric Railway Association. General Index............ 373 387 391 399 OFFICERS, 1921-1922 (Officers of the 1922 Convention.) PRESIDENT: ROBERT I. TODD, President, Indianapolis Street Railway Company, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT: BRITTON I. BUDD, President, Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Company, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT: C. D. EMMONS, President, United Railways and Electric Company, THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT: J. N. SHANNAHAN, President, Newport News and Hampton Railway, Gas and Electric Company, HAMPTON, VIRGINIA. FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT: FRANK R. COATES, President, Community Traction Company, TOLEDO, OHIO. TREASURER: BARRON COLLIER, President, Barron G. Collier, Inc., NEW YORK, N. Y. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: J. W. WELSH, 8 WEST 40TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. |