. The street railway review . can Street Railway Association at the Grand Union Hotel, Sara-toga, N. Y., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2. 3 and4, 1903. The executive committee of the association met at theWorden Hotel. Saratoga, February 23d, those present being J. , of Detroit, president; \V. Caryl Ely, of Buffalo; RichardT. Laffin, of Worcester, Mass.; .\v Radel, of ; Walter P. Read, of Salt Lake City; T. C. Penington, ofChicago, sccretarj, and T. J. Nicholl, of Rochester. Mr. Nichollwas chosen by the committee to fill the vacancy caused by the res-
. The street railway review . can Street Railway Association at the Grand Union Hotel, Sara-toga, N. Y., on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2. 3 and4, 1903. The executive committee of the association met at theWorden Hotel. Saratoga, February 23d, those present being J. , of Detroit, president; \V. Caryl Ely, of Buffalo; RichardT. Laffin, of Worcester, Mass.; .\v Radel, of ; Walter P. Read, of Salt Lake City; T. C. Penington, ofChicago, sccretarj, and T. J. Nicholl, of Rochester. Mr. Nichollwas chosen by the committee to fill the vacancy caused by the res-ignation of W. J. Hield, of Minneapolis, who found that the de-mands on his time would not permit him to give the associationbusiness the attention it deserved, and rathei than slight these lat-ter duties prefered to withdraw from the committee. The subjects chosen for convention papers have been assignedand are as follows: Steam Turbines. Electric Welded Joints. The evils of Maintenance and Champerty in Personal Btoe, oL u/a L CRfUM) \NIi IIOTICI., S.\KAT0(;A, .N. V. The Manufacture and Distribution of Alternating Current forCity Systems. Comparative Merits of Single and Double Truck Cars for CityService. The Right of Way. Train Orders and Train Signals on Interurban Road>. Freight and Express on Electric Railways. As soon as the committee was called to order Mr. A. P. Knapp,president of the Village of Saratoga, 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 secret
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