. The street railway review . and Calhoun, the Pills-bury Mill and Minnehaha Falls, at which point the firedepartment had thoughtfully been stationed a short dis-tance up the stream, to enable Minne to property banquet was held at the West hotel, and was a wellmanaged and elaborate spread. The toasts also wereexcellent. A special train was also tendered, and a large numberaccepted Presidents Lowrys invitation to visit Duluth,where the Board of Trade gave royal entertainment, anddrove the guests about that interesting and surprising Association not only carried over until the
. The street railway review . and Calhoun, the Pills-bury Mill and Minnehaha Falls, at which point the firedepartment had thoughtfully been stationed a short dis-tance up the stream, to enable Minne to property banquet was held at the West hotel, and was a wellmanaged and elaborate spread. The toasts also wereexcellent. A special train was also tendered, and a large numberaccepted Presidents Lowrys invitation to visit Duluth,where the Board of Trade gave royal entertainment, anddrove the guests about that interesting and surprising Association not only carried over until the nextyear most pleasant memories of the Minneapohs meeting,but had found its president for 1S90 in the genial personof Thomas Lowry. Had likewise been chosen as the happy hunting grounds,where the festive supply- man was to be let loose as neverbefore, in search of whom he might devour. The electrical exhibit was made a specially attractiveone, and several of the car builders had handsome samplesof their handiwork THE spacious IroquoisHotel furnished head-quarters, while the assem-bly hall of the magnificentPublic Library- Buildinghad been tendered for thebusiness sessions. Subjects for discussionwere furnished in ablyprepared papers on • A Perfect Street Railwav Horse,Electric Motive Power. Technically Considered,Novel Schemes for the Development of Street Rail-ways, Public and State Treatment of Corporations,No. 2, and Relative Cost of Motive Power for StreetRailways. President Watson tendered a special excursion train toNiagara Falls, and distributed handsome illustrated souve-nir books. The banquet was fine: C. Densmore Wvmanpresiding in the absence of the president, and the toastswere varied and good. PITTSBURG, 1891. And now we come down to facts of more recent dateand need but briefly to recall the largest gathering thusfar held, which assembled at the Monongahela House,Pittsburg. October 21st and 22d, 1891. Henry , of Buffalo, presided in an able
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