. The Street railway journal . eral classification of electric rail-way items, ranging from light to very heavy equipments, hasbeen brought together. Thirteen different systems of electric railway apparatus are STREET RAILWAY INTERESTS AT THE FAIR The great Exposition formally opened at St. Louis last Satur-day will probably, before the season closes on Dec. 1, be visitedby no small proportion of the electric railway men of thecountry. The decision to hold the next convention of theAmerican Street Railway Association at St. Louis next Octo-ber, and the holding of the electrical congresses in S
. The Street railway journal . eral classification of electric rail-way items, ranging from light to very heavy equipments, hasbeen brought together. Thirteen different systems of electric railway apparatus are STREET RAILWAY INTERESTS AT THE FAIR The great Exposition formally opened at St. Louis last Satur-day will probably, before the season closes on Dec. 1, be visitedby no small proportion of the electric railway men of thecountry. The decision to hold the next convention of theAmerican Street Railway Association at St. Louis next Octo-ber, and the holding of the electrical congresses in September,all serve to add to the general interest that electric railway menmust feel in the great international show at St. Louis. It would be useless to attempt here to review all the featuresof popular interest at this Exposition, and these remarks must,of necessity, be confined to an outline of the things of interestto the electric railway man in his profession. First of all, to give a general idea of the arrangement of the. MAP OF THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS displayed for operation and test in the Palace of Electricity,and, at the present writing, nine additional systems are sub-mitted for outdoor operation on the electric railway test tracks;and all this has been arranged and provided by the voluntaryaction of the parties interested, each working largely withoutthe knowledge of the plans of the others. Now that a more definite statement can be made it is to beexpected that the manufacturers of electrical apparatus willsupplement their voluntary offerings with a more comprehen-sive display of their apparatus, in order that city, suburban,interurban, heavy traction and special systems may be fullyrepresented. It is unnecessary here to catalogue, in itemized form, all ofthe apparatus which will be shown. Suffice it to say that thePalace of Electricity, the electric railway test tracks, the Palaceof Transportation, the outdoor mining installation, and theGerman outdoor electric rai
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