Letters from Non-Members....

Address of Welcome by Hon. John C. Koch, Mayor...

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Minutes of Special Meeting of the Executive Committee..

American Street-Railway Institute......

Report of the Executive Committee Adopted....

Minutes of Special Meeting of the Executive Committee..

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General Invitation to All to Take Part in the Discussion.

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Invitation to Lunch from the Edward P. Allis Company..

67

Invitation from the Pabst Brewing Company to Visit their Brewery

67

Invitation from the Pabst Brewing Company to Visit their Power Plant .. 68

MINUTES-CONTINUED.

Wednesday's Session-Evening.....

Remarks of Mr. O. T. Crosby....

Letter from the Tramway Association of Western Germany..

Action Concerning the Foregoing Letter....

Report of the Committee on Best Method of Lighting and Heating Street-

Railway Cars .....

Action Concerning the Foregoing Report.....

Committee on Standards for Electric Street-Railways Continued..

Letter from the Committee on Can the T Rail be Satisfactorily Used in

Paved Streets......

Discussion Following Letter..

Remarks of Mr. Joel Hurt...

Remarks of Mr. Strathearn Hendrie.

Remarks of Mr. M. F. Burke....

Remarks of Mr. W. Frank Carr....

Remarks of Mr. G. Genge Browning.

Remarks of the President.....

Remarks of Mr. Augustine W. Wright...

Further Remarks of Mr. M. F. Burke.

Further Remarks by Mr. Strathearn Hendrie..

Mr. Augustine W. Wright Invited to Address the Convention.

Further Remarks of the President...

Further Remarks of Mr. Joel Hurt..

Action Relative to Nominating Committee.

Proposed Motion Relative to a Standard Rail..

Remarks of Mr. N. H. Heft......

Remarks of Mr. J. F. Ostrom..

Recess...

Thursday's Session-Morning

Report of Committee on Storage Batteries in Connection with Central

Discussion Ensuing ....

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Stations for Utilizing Surplus Energy for Lighting or Power........

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Remarks of Mr. C. O. Mailloux.

127

Action Concerning Report.

129

Announcement by Mr. Henry C. Payne Relative to the Banquet..

129

Special Paper on Traction and Street-Railway Trucks...

Invitation of the Columbian Intramural Railway of the World's Fair,

Chicago.

138

Announcement Relative to Photographing the Convention..

Announcement in Regard to Banquet Tickets..

Recess....

Thursday's Session-Afternoon.

Report of Committee on Direct-Driven Generators...

Foregoing Report Ordered Printed ......

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Announcement Concerning the Milwaukee Street Railway Company.

Announcement Relative to Columbian Intramural Railway Tickets... 150

Letter from the General Electric Company about Columbian Intramural

Railway Tickets....

150

Association Requests Mr. W. E. Harrington to Read Special Paper..

Special Paper on Street Car Magnetic Cut-Outs...

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Foregoing Paper Ordered Printed.....

152

Invitation of the Calumet Electric Street Railway Company of Chicago.... 152

Invitation to Meet in Montreal, Canada, Next Year.

154

Election of Officers Announced...

155

Installation of the President-Elect, Mr. Henry C. Payne..

155

Place of Thirteenth Annual Meeting Determined.

Remarks of the President-Elect..

Remarks of Mr. Joel Hurt Concerning the Next Meeting....

Association Requests Mr. Herbert Claude to Address the Convention..... 156

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Remarks of Mr. Herbert Claude..

Remarks of Mr. M. D. Law...

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Action Relative to Children Getting on and off Moving Cars....

161

Vote of Thanks Tendered Milwaukee Street Railway Company and Others 161

Vote of Thanks Tendered Retiring Officers and Executive Committee.... 162

Adjournment.....

Minutes of Special Meeting of the Executive Committee

Special Paper on Some Practical Points in the Construction of the Under-

ground Feeders for Electric Railways.

Toast: "Transportation and Civilization." Responded to by Mr. J. G.

Flanders.....

170

Toast: "Street-Railway Employees and the Public." Responded to by

Mr. Ogden H. Fethers....

172

Toast: "The Earlier Days and Methods of Street-Railways.' Responded

to by Mr. Winfield Smith..

Poem: "My Electric Sweetheart." Recited by the Author. Mr. J. Harry

Stedman...

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BANQUET-CONTINUED.

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Toast: "The Press." Responded to by Mr. Horace Rublee.....

Introduction of the President-Elect....

Response of Mr. H. C. Payne, President-Elect.

Toast : "The Health of William Richardson. May He Live Long

and Prosper!" Responded to by Mr. William Richardson....

Address of His Excellency, Governor George W. Peck

Toast: "The Street-Railway Men of the Past, Present and Future." Re-

sponded to by Mr. H. H. Windsor..

PRESIDENT:

HENRY C. PAYNE,
Vice-President, Milwaukee Street Railway Company,
MILWAUKEE, WIS.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT:

WILLIAM J. STEPHENSON,
President, Metropolitan Railroad Company,
WASHINGTON, D. C.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT:

JAMES R. CHAPMAN,
Vice-President, Consolidated Street Railway Company,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT:

LEWIS PERRINE, JR.,

President, Trenton Passenger Railway Company, Consolidated, TRENTON, N. J.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER:

WM. J. RICHARDSON,

Secretary and Treasurer, Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company, BROOKLYN, N. Y.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:

PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS AND

D. F. LONGSTREET, Vice-Pres., West End Street Railway Co.,

Denver, Col.

THOMAS H. MCLEAN, Gen. Man., Citizen's Street Railroad Co.,

Indianapolis, Ind.

EDWARDS WHITAKER, Pres., Lindell Railway Co., St. Louis, Mo.
W. Y. SOPER, Pres., Ottawa Electric Street Railway Co., Ottawa, Can.
E. S. GOODRICH, Pres., Hartford Street Railway Co., Hartford, Conn.

PLACE OF MEETING, ATLANTA, GA.