. Electric railway journal . is, Mo.;third vice-president M. , Boston (Mass.) Ele-vated Railway; fourth vice-president T. S. Williams, Brooklyn (N. Y.) RapidTransit Company; manufacturers representatives onexecutive committee: Thomas Finigan, American BrakeShoe & Foundry Company, Chicago, 111.; James , McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, NewI York, N. Y.; S. M. Curwen, J. G. Brill Company, Phila-jdelphia, Pa.; E. W. Rice, Jr., General Electric Com-;pany, Schenectady, N. Y., and Guy E. Tripp, Westing-;house Electric & Mfg. Company, New York, N. Y. After stating that the report
. Electric railway journal . is, Mo.;third vice-president M. , Boston (Mass.) Ele-vated Railway; fourth vice-president T. S. Williams, Brooklyn (N. Y.) RapidTransit Company; manufacturers representatives onexecutive committee: Thomas Finigan, American BrakeShoe & Foundry Company, Chicago, 111.; James , McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, NewI York, N. Y.; S. M. Curwen, J. G. Brill Company, Phila-jdelphia, Pa.; E. W. Rice, Jr., General Electric Com-;pany, Schenectady, N. Y., and Guy E. Tripp, Westing-;house Electric & Mfg. Company, New York, N. Y. After stating that the report of the secretary-treas-urer, E. B. Burritt, would be received by title, read his presidential address, an abstract ofwhich forms the leading article in this issue. Report of the Secretary-Treasurer On account of the entrance of this country into thegreat war the association, for the first time in its his-itory, omits its annual convention and holds instead aone-day conference for the discussion of immediate. John J. Stanley President Cleveland Railwayand President-Elect American Electric RailwayAssociation problems. The action leading to this result was takenby the executive committee in April of this year. Practically all committee work has likewise been sus-pended. These steps were taken in the belief that theunusual and difficult conditions facing the industrywould leave officials of member companies little time to devote to matters not con-cerned with the direct oper-ation of their activities of the as-sociation, however, have notbeen slowed up. On thecontrary, efforts have beenredoubled to the end thatthe association may servethe industry through otherchannels with increased effi-ciency. An important work wasundertaken the early partof this year by the associa-tions committee on nationaldefense. Steps were takenin January, 1916, to organ-ize this committee and laterthe committee met in Wash-ington with a conference ofsteam railroad officials call
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