. Electric railway gazette . e wh^ie he was a man who stood very liigii in the Ills fellow ciiiz-Mip, bv reason of his sterlingqualities of character. He was a Christian gen-tleman, a public-spirited cituen, and a model inhis home life. For the first time in the history of the Associa-tion, an officer has died during his J. Stephenson lett tbei-phere of bis earthlyactivities on August 31, 1894. He was the presi-dent of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, ofWashington, having been previously connectedwith ihe Coumbia Railwav Company of the samecity in a like
. Electric railway gazette . e wh^ie he was a man who stood very liigii in the Ills fellow ciiiz-Mip, bv reason of his sterlingqualities of character. He was a Christian gen-tleman, a public-spirited cituen, and a model inhis home life. For the first time in the history of the Associa-tion, an officer has died during his J. Stephenson lett tbei-phere of bis earthlyactivities on August 31, 1894. He was the presi-dent of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, ofWashington, having been previously connectedwith ihe Coumbia Railwav Company of the samecity in a like capacity. He was energetic, enter-prising, in short a typical progrest-ive enjoying the best of health, with ruddyclear comidt-xion, of commanding appearance,having convictii ns and the courage of ti em. aready speaker, always with something lo say. re-enforced with deep inlen st in this association, hiswas a familiar figure and voice at the annual meet-ings. The report of the treasurer was submitted, show -. JOEL HURT, PRESIDENT 0.^ THE AMERICAN STREET RAILWAYASSOCIATION. ing that the receipts of the year were |8, ;expenses, $8,; balance, | The report of the Committee on The BestMethods of Treating Accidents and Complaintswas presented by P. M. Dyer, claim agent of theWest Chicago S:reet Railroad Company. Thepaper and the discussion which followed it arepresented elsewhere in this issue. The report on A Uniform System of Stret*Railway Accounts, by H. I. Bettis, was pre-sented. The secretary announced that upon the adjourn-ment of the meeting the convention would inspectthe exhibits; that at four oclock a visit would bemade to the carhouse of the Atlanta ConsolidatedStreet Railway Company; and from six until nineoclock a reception would take place at the CapitalCity Club. The session then adjourned. THURSDAYS SESSION. An executive stssion was held on Thursdaymorning. The paper on Transfers on StreetRailways, by John N. Beckley, of the Rocheste
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