. The Street railway journal . ral review of thework of the American Street Railway Association for the pasttwenty-two years shows that the progress of the art has beenso rapid that the conventions are merely mile posts on the roadof progress. As is fitting in a conservative body like the Amer-ican Street Railway Association, many of the new things havenot been brought up in convention until they have beeh triedon a large scale in actual street railway practice. It would notbe profitable for the association to take valuable time in con-ventions for the discussion of suggested improvements whic
. The Street railway journal . ral review of thework of the American Street Railway Association for the pasttwenty-two years shows that the progress of the art has beenso rapid that the conventions are merely mile posts on the roadof progress. As is fitting in a conservative body like the Amer-ican Street Railway Association, many of the new things havenot been brought up in convention until they have beeh triedon a large scale in actual street railway practice. It would notbe profitable for the association to take valuable time in con-ventions for the discussion of suggested improvements whichhave not demonstrated their worth; the proceedings of theassociation are therefore necessarily a little behind the realprogress of the street railway art. In the discussion of newinventions, beginning with the introduction of mechanical trac-tion as a substitute for horses, and ending with the steam tur-bine as a substitute for reciprocating engines, there has alwaysbeen one element in the association eager to discuss the new. WALTQJ5 II. HOLMES, H. H. VREELAND, Presfdent,1900-l!l01 President,1901-1902 and untried, and another protesting against such a policy anddesiring to confine the convention proceedings to questions ofoperation and existing appliances. These two elements haveso balanced each other that the association has never, in thelong run, given any undue amount of time to the discussion ofthe very new things, and at the same time has not been behindin the march of progress. The preceding remarks are all historical. I would in a fewwords criticise a weak point in our conventions. While we alllike a good time and enjoy very much the hospitality of ourfriends who invite us to their respective cities, dont you , we should give a little more time to business? or inother words, business first, pleasure afterwards. Let us beprompt to attend the business sessions and stay until adjourn-ment, help the business along by giving our mite to the dis-cussions. We owe
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