. The street railway review . annual meeting of the directors of the Mel-houme Tramway & Omnibus Company, F. B. Clapp, man-aging director, presented a report which made a very fav-orable showing for the past year. The traffic receiptsamounted to $1,794,575 and the operating expenses were$1,023,720. The total assets of the company are $4,129,-960 and the paid up capital stock is $2,400,000. There is areserve account for tramway renewal which amounts to$1,000,000. During the past year there has been a verysatisfactorv increase in traffic and the prospects for the com-ing year are unusuallv brigh
. The street railway review . annual meeting of the directors of the Mel-houme Tramway & Omnibus Company, F. B. Clapp, man-aging director, presented a report which made a very fav-orable showing for the past year. The traffic receiptsamounted to $1,794,575 and the operating expenses were$1,023,720. The total assets of the company are $4,129,-960 and the paid up capital stock is $2,400,000. There is areserve account for tramway renewal which amounts to$1,000,000. During the past year there has been a verysatisfactorv increase in traffic and the prospects for the com-ing year are unusuallv bright. A dividend of 2 per centwas paid in Januarv and one of 3 per cent was proposed inthe annual report. BIRMINGHAM STREET RAILWAYS. If the city of Birmingham does not soon follow up thereport of its tramway committee by adopting electric trac-tion it will loose its vaunted reputation of the most progres-sive city in England. Although it has a population greatertiian Boston and suburbs, its traction facilities would not be. TRAIN ON THE BIRMINGHAM TRAMWAY. considered up to date in a country town in people of Birmingham have to ride behind noisy, dirty,puffing steam locomotives going to and from their illlustration represents the locomotive, which is entirelyencased, and a double deck trailer on one of the principalstreets of Birmingham. SMITH AND HIS LAMPS. Smith of New ^ork, who is so well known no otheraddress is really necessary to reach him, is reaping theresults of several decades of well conducted business, aug-mented by the successful effort to always be in the lead, andto produce goods which will make the user want more ofthe same kind. While the concern manufactures all kindsof lighting apparatus, it is best known to our readers for itscar lights, both interior and for the dash. Some time agowhen the other headlight makers went into a combination,Smith persistently refused to join them, saying he intendedto be free and independent in his posit
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