. The Street railway journal . eeof the association. Although naturally somewhat diffident as re-gards his own achievements, he has always shown a willingness todiscuss the technical papers presented at the association, and hisremarks have been characterized by great clearness and a thor-ough knowledge of the electrical and mechanical features of thestreet railway operation. Mr. Wasons home is in Cleveland,where he has a handsome residence on Euclid Avenue, the well-known residential street of that city. 6o8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. i6. The Automobile Ride Through the courtesy o
. The Street railway journal . eeof the association. Although naturally somewhat diffident as re-gards his own achievements, he has always shown a willingness todiscuss the technical papers presented at the association, and hisremarks have been characterized by great clearness and a thor-ough knowledge of the electrical and mechanical features of thestreet railway operation. Mr. Wasons home is in Cleveland,where he has a handsome residence on Euclid Avenue, the well-known residential street of that city. 6o8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. i6. The Automobile Ride Through the courtesy of the New York Veliiclc & Transporta-tion Company, the ladies attending the convention were treated toa novel excursion on Friday, Oct. ii. President Henry Sander-son, of the automobile company, who was on the entertainmentcommittee, placed at the disposal of the association a large num-ber of his vehicles, giving much pleasure to all who could accepthis hospitality. When plans were made it seemed likely that not more than. THE ARRIVAL AT CLAREMONT one hundred ladies would participate, but when the start was madefrom Madison Square Garden at 11:30 a. m. it proved that such anestimate and provision was alike inadequate. It had been in- stopped at the Claremont. There the famous restaurant waspractically turned over to the party, and an elaborate luncheonwas furnished to the ladies and to some forty or fifty gentlemenwho had proceeded to the same point by other means of locomo-tion. The entertainment committee was represented by , Brady, Cook, Mcnecly, Hasbrouck, Wakeman, Martin,Mullin, Palmer and other members, all of whom were activelyemployed for an hour or two in attending to the comfort of theladies in their charge. After the luncheon to the ladies, and while the committee itselfsnatched a hasty repast, the party, as a whole, visited Grantstomb in the vicinity, or strolled about the plateau around therestaurant, looking down upon the new Lafayette Avenue viad
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