. The street railway review . and Mr. C. B. Thomas, presi-dent of the Business Mens Association, invited the Street RailwayAssociation to hold the 1903 convention at Saratoga. Mr. C. , representing the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, explainedwhat it could offer in the way of hotel accommodations, meetingrooms and exhibit space. An invitation was also received from th( street railway manu-facturers and supplymcn of Chicago and the West, who offeredto rent the Coliseum Building, and furnish it to the association freeof cost and without conditions. The secretary announced that a letter ha
. The street railway review . and Mr. C. B. Thomas, presi-dent of the Business Mens Association, invited the Street RailwayAssociation to hold the 1903 convention at Saratoga. Mr. C. , representing the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga, explainedwhat it could offer in the way of hotel accommodations, meetingrooms and exhibit space. An invitation was also received from th( street railway manu-facturers and supplymcn of Chicago and the West, who offeredto rent the Coliseum Building, and furnish it to the association freeof cost and without conditions. The secretary announced that a letter had been received froma private party in New York proposing to hold the convention ex- hibit at the Grand Central Palace, under certain conditions in re-gard to charges for space. In the afternoon the committee inspected the Grand Union Hoteland a number of buildings which had been suggested as being suit-able for exhibit halls, and on again meeting decided to have theconvention at the Grand Union Hotel on the dates already an-. VIEW ON PIAZZAS, nounced. The hotel building is around three sides of a court, andon two sides and part of the third facing the court are 14-ft. piazzaswhere the smaller exhibits could be located, there being perhaps8,000 sq. ft. of piazza space available for this purpose. Larger ex-hibits can be placed in the court, it being the intention of the hotelto provide a suitable protection for the exhibits in the court. The ballroom of the hotel which is large enough to seat 600 per-sons will serve for the meetings of the A. S. R. A., and two smallerhalls seating 60 to go people are available for the Accountants As-sociation and the Mechanical and Electrical Association. A local connnittce on exhibits has been appointed and applicationsfor exhibit space should be addressed to Mr, Frank M. Cozzens,Saratoga Springs, N. Y. The charge for exhibit space will be 10cents per st], ft. as heretofore. Secretary Penington will make fur-ther announcements as to the details
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