. The street railway review . (.-. C. NVOOUWORTH. at a. m., on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1884, William H. Hazzard,of Brooklyn, presiding. Seventy-six delegates from member-com-panies were present, and at the first session 34 applicants were ad-mitted to membership. In the light of subsequent developments, many of the problemsthen earnestly discussed may now be reviewed with a degree ofamusement though with no less appreciation of the material dif-ficulties they presented at the time. It was before the era of elec-tricity had revolutionized the service, policy and operation of. H. il. \VATSO.\
. The street railway review . (.-. C. NVOOUWORTH. at a. m., on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 1884, William H. Hazzard,of Brooklyn, presiding. Seventy-six delegates from member-com-panies were present, and at the first session 34 applicants were ad-mitted to membership. In the light of subsequent developments, many of the problemsthen earnestly discussed may now be reviewed with a degree ofamusement though with no less appreciation of the material dif-ficulties they presented at the time. It was before the era of elec-tricity had revolutionized the service, policy and operation of. H. il. \VATSO.\ . gone to the infancy of manhood. I stand aghast when I see somecar or engine running on a track and am told that its motive poweris electricity. I know nothing of this strange power, but I see onething—that a step is being taken toward its manhood. I firmlybelieve that this idea was born and given by the Creator to theworld; and now all the scientific men and all the scientific intel-ligence and knowledge of the world is at work upon it. Not withthe brain of Morse, who conceived it; not with the energy of Bell,who used it; but each and all bending their aid to its grand de-
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