. Electric railway gazette . PENINGTON,Secretary and Treasurer of the American Street Railway Association. There is probably no application of electric powerwhich has attracted closer attention from those whoseinterest is affected by it, than its use for operating streetrailways, and in no other branch of service has electricpower achieved a more brilliant success. I therefore begto congratulate you, gentlemen, because you are membersof an Association whose object is to develop, confirm and extend such an important industry, and I pray you to con-sider yourselves at home in our city—the Metrop
. Electric railway gazette . PENINGTON,Secretary and Treasurer of the American Street Railway Association. There is probably no application of electric powerwhich has attracted closer attention from those whoseinterest is affected by it, than its use for operating streetrailways, and in no other branch of service has electricpower achieved a more brilliant success. I therefore begto congratulate you, gentlemen, because you are membersof an Association whose object is to develop, confirm and extend such an important industry, and I pray you to con-sider yourselves at home in our city—the Metropolis ofCanada. I trust your convention will be fruitful, and willresult in benefit to yourselves as a body and to the com-munity at large. Rest assured that, one and all, the citi-zens of Montreal appreciate fully the honor .you have donethem in selecting their city as the scene of the presentconvention, and they trust that when you return to yourhomes you will take back with you pleasant and lastingmemories of Montreal !. GRANVILLE C. CUNNINGHAM,First Vice-President of the American Street Railway Association. In responding to the welcome President Hurt said: Suchgenerous words of greeting are to be taken as sufficientlicense to see and enjoy all that is to be seen in your beau-tiful city. This Association represents one of the greatindustries of the country. Its members are called uponto daily meet grave and perplexing questions, and proba-bly in that direction it taxes its managers more thanany other line of work. Alderman S. C. Stevenson, of Montreal, was introducedby the president, and gave a second address of welcome,saying in part: You are just as welcome as if you were in your owncity; and if you enter any of our homes you will be asgladly welcomed as at your own fireside. You have falleninto good hands, considering that you are in the city ofMontreal—a city that can undertake anything in the wayof receptions, and usually carry them out in a style not sec-ond to any
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